When you go into the space of nothingness, everything becomes known.

I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake on Earth as a drop of oil on my foot.

Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.

The fragrance of sandalwood and rosebay does not travel far. But the fragrance of virtue rises to the heavens.

I am always at the beginning.

There are two things that we should avoid, oh disciple! A life of pleasures, that is low and vain. A life of mortification, that is useless and vain.

Hatred does not cease in this world by hating, but by not hating; this is an eternal truth.