The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent distances in a picture, things have no reality in themselves, but they are like heat haze.

All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.

Focusnot on the rudeness of others,not on what they've done or left undone,but on what you have done and have not doneyourself.

Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel. Do not overlook negative actions merely because they are small; however small a spark may be, it can burn down a haystack as big as a mountain.

If you endeavor to embrace the Way through much learning, the Way will not be understood. If you observe the Way with simplicity of heart, great indeed is this Way.

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

There are three things that cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth.