Letting go of our suffering is the hardest work we will ever do.

Better than chanting a thousand words in a dead language is one soothing word spoken in the vernacular.

Better than a thousand hollow words Is one word that brings peace. Better than a thousand hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace. Better than a hundred hollow lines Is one line of the dharma, bringing peace. It is better to conquer yourself Than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, Not by angels or by demons, Heaven or hell.

A man may conquer a million men in battle but one who conquers himself is, indeed, the greatest of conquerors.

If you want to know the past, look at your present. If you want to know the future, look at your present.

Rising early and scorning laziness, remaining calm in time of strife, faultless in conduct and clever in actions. One like this will be praised.

With his mind free from the inflow of thoughts and from restlessness, by abandoning both good and evil, an alert man knows no fear.