As solid rock remains unmoved by the wind, so the wise remain unmoved by blame and praise.

If you want to know the past, look at your present. If you want to know the future, look at your present.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

At the bottom of things, most people want to be understood and appreciated.

(They) were responsible for spreading the Buddhist religion throughout India and East Asia.

With our thoughts we make the world.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought; it is founded on our thoughts; it is made up of our thoughts. A man's life is the direct result of his thoughts... We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.