Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.

Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love.

One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the Messiah?" "No," answered Buddha. "Then are you a healer?" "No," Buddha replied. "Then are you a teacher?" the student persisted. "No, I am not a teacher." "Then what are you?" asked the student exasperated. "I am awake," Buddha replied.

The mind is pure and luminous by nature. It is defiled only by adventitious thoughts and emotions

Delusions, errors and lies are like huge, gaudy vessels, the rafters of which are rotten and worm-eaten, and those who embark in them are fated to be shipwrecked.

All composite things decay. Strive diligently.

Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.