Now this, monks, is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; union with what is displeasing is suffering; seperation from what is pleasing is suffering... in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering.

Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.

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.

Do not look at the faults of what others have done or not done; observe what you yourself have done or not done.

Suffering is temporary, enlightenment is forever.

Seeing the similarity to oneself, one should not use violence or have it used.

We must be diligent today. To wait until tomorrow is too late. Death comes unexpectedly. How can we bargain with it?