Times of luxury do not last long, but pass away very quickly; nothing in this world can be long enjoyed.
Gautama BuddhaWhat is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?
Gautama BuddhaBesides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on the list too. That is the real humanitarianism.
Gautama BuddhaWhen a man venerates those worthy of veneration, be they Buddhas or their disciples, who have transcended all obstacles and passed beyond sorrow and tears - venerating such as these, whose passions are extinguished and for whom there is no further source for fear, no one can calculate how great his merit is.
Gautama Buddha