Thought-habits can harden into character. So watch your thoughts.

The world is on fire! And you are laughing? You are deep in the dark. Will you not ask for a light?

Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.

Karma grows from our hearts. Karma terminates from our hearts.

Here will I live in the rainy season, here in the autumn and in the summer: thus muses the fool. He realizes not the danger (of death).

Besides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on the list too. That is the real humanitarianism.

Little by little a person becomes evil, as a water pot is filled by drops of water... Little by little a person becomes good, as a water pot is filled by drops of water.