We are the same as plants, as trees, as other people, as the rain that falls. We consist of that which is around us, we are the same as everything.

Let them not do the slightest thing that the wise would later reprove.

Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.

Believe there is good in the world.

Nirvana is this moment seen directly. There is no where else than here. The only gate is now. The only doorway is your own body and mind. There’s nowhere to go. There’s nothing else to be. There’s no destination. It’s not something to aim for in the afterlife. It’s simply the quality of this moment.

In four ways ... should one who flatters be understood as a foe in the guise of a friend: He approves of his friend's evil deeds, he disapproves his friend's good deeds, he praises him in his presence, he speaks ill of him in his absence.

I will not look at another's bowl intent on finding fault: a training to be observed.