All beings wish for happiness, so extend your compassion to all.

When we free ourselves of desire, we will know serenity and freedom.

Your worst enemy is your best teacher.

After much seeking for truth and knowledge the profoundness of reality came to me with a clarity never before known.

The wise man makes an island of himself that no flood can overwhelm.

If you know something hurtful and not true, don't say it. If you know something hurtful and true, don't say it. If you know something helpful but not true, don't say it. If you know something helpful and true, find the right time to say it.

If you want to understand the causes that existed in the past, look at the results as they are manifested in the present. And if you want to understand what results will be manifested in the future, look at the causes that exist in the present.