I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that I will fall heir.
Gautama BuddhaFew among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.
Gautama BuddhaWhich do you think is more my friend, the water in the four great oceans or the tears that you have shed on this long way of taking birth again and again?
Gautama Buddha