Pain in life is inevitable but suffering is not. Pain is what the world does to you, suffering is what you do to yourself [by the way you think about the 'pain' you receive]. Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. [You can always be grateful that the pain is not worse in quality, quantity, frequency, duration, etc]

Comparing oneself to others in such terms as "Just as I am so are they, just as they are so am I," he should neither kill nor cause others to kill.

Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.

They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing right and wrong, may be called guardians of the dharma. Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.

Fools wait for a lucky day, but everyday is a lucky day for an industrious man.

If I had even a slight awareness, and practiced the Great Way, what I would fear would be deviating from it.

On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property.