Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken.

In his ignorance of the whole truth, each person maintains his own arrogant point of view.

Just as a tree, though cut down, can grow again and again if its roots are undamaged and strong, in the same way if the roots of craving are not wholly uprooted sorrows will come again and again

I look upon the judgment of right and wrong as the serpentine dance of a dragon, and the rise and fall of beliefs as but traces left by the four seasons.

You are your own master, you make your own future. Therefore discipline yourself as a horse-dealer trains a thoroughbred

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.

Those who act with few desires are calm, without worry or fear.