Seeker, empty the boat, lighten the load, be free of craving and judgment and hatred, and feel the joy of the way.

If you know something hurtful and not true, don't say it. If you know something hurtful and true, don't say it. If you know something helpful but not true, don't say it. If you know something helpful and true, find the right time to say it.

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

Buddha is in our hearts. Buddha is in our mouths. Buddha is in our daily lives.

Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.

The man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most ungrudging love; and the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from me.

When you like a flower, you just pluck it. But when you love a flower, you water it daily.