Without approval and without scorn, but carefully studying the sentences word by word, one should trace them in the Discourses and verify them by the Discipline. If they are neither traceable in the Discourses nor verifiable by the Discipline, one must conclude thus: 'Certainly, this is not the Blessed One's utterance; this has been misunderstood by that bhikkhu - or by that community, or by those elders, or by that elder.' In that way, bhikkhus, you should reject it.

If there is a God, it is inconceivable that he would be concerned about my day to day affairs.

For the wakeful one whose mind is quiet, whose thoughts are undisturbed, who has relinquished judgement and blame, there is no fear.

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

To awaken, sit calmly, letting each breath clear your mind and open your heart.

A great gift - a gift of Dharma conquers all gifts.

Which do you think is more my friend, the water in the four great oceans or the tears that you have shed on this long way of taking birth again and again?