Be a lamp to yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold on to the truth within yourself as to the only truth.
Gautama BuddhaBeings are owners of their actions, heirs of their actions; they originate from their actions, are bound to their actions, have their actions as their refuge. It is action that distinguishes beings as inferior and superior.
Gautama BuddhaInflowing thoughts come to an end in those who are ever alert of mind, training themselves night and day, and ever intent on nirvana
Gautama BuddhaWe begin to die from the moment we are born, for birth is the cause of death. The nature of decay is inherent in youth, the nature of sickness is inherent in health, in the midst of life we are verily in death.
Gautama BuddhaIf you sleep, Desire grows in you Like a vine in the forest. Like a monkey in the forest You jump from tree to tree, Never finding the fruit - From life to life, Never finding peace. If you are filled with desire Your sorrows swell Like the grass after the rain. But if you subdue desire Your sorrows shall fall from you Like drops of water from a lotus flower.
Gautama Buddha