Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.

Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance.

You must use the hook of precepts to quickly remove it.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought; it is founded on our thoughts; it is made up of our thoughts. A man's life is the direct result of his thoughts... We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

Confusion conditions activity, which conditions consciousness, which conditions embodied personality, which conditions sensory experiences, which conditions impact, which conditions mood, which conditions craving, which conditions clinging, which conditions becoming, which conditions birth, which conditions aging and death.