Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think.

Long is the night for the sleepless. Long is the road for the weary. Long is samsara (the cycle of continued rebirth) for the foolish, who have not recognised the true teaching.

Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful

As a mountain is unshaken by the wind, so the heart of a wise person is unmoved by all the changes on this earth.

Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion.

I look upon the judgment of right and wrong as the serpentine dance of a dragon, and the rise and fall of beliefs as but traces left by the four seasons.