The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next

And more importantly - what we have chosen to do

Once you know the nature of anger and joy is empty and you let them go, you free yourself from karma.

When you like a flower, you just pluck it. But when you love a flower, you water it daily.

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

When a man is stimulated by his own thoughts, full of desire and dwelling on what is attractive, his craving increases even more. He is making the fetter even stronger. But he who takes pleasure in stilling his thoughts, practising the contemplation of what is repulsive, and remaining recollected, now he will make an end of craving, he will snap the bonds of Mara. His aim is accomplished, he is without fear, rid of craving and without stain. He has removed the arrows of changing existence. This is his last body.

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