Focusnot on the rudeness of others,not on what they've done or left undone,but on what you have done and have not doneyourself.

Pity arises when we are sorry for someone.Compassion is when we understand and help wisely.

Even if a fool lived with a wise man all his life, he would still not recognise the truth, like a wooden spoon cannot recognise the flavour of the soup.

As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed.

To know and not to use is not yet to know!

Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no other refuge.

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