But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off a lotus.

What's done to the children is done to society.

Sound health is the greatest of gifts; contentedness, the greatest of riches; trust, the greatest of qualities.

Look upon him who shows you your faults as a revealer of treasure: seek his company who checks and chides you, the sage who is wise in reproof: it fares well and not ill with him who seeks such company.

Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression. We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous. We experience joy in the actual act of giving something. And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given.

If dresses would have qualified people, then whores would have ruled the world.

Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.