Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.

Be your own lamps. Be your own shelters. Hang on to the truth as a lamp. Hang on to the truth as a refuge.

Wherever you live is your temple, if you treat it like one.

True and lasting inner peace can never be found in external things. It can only be found within in. And then, once we find and nurture it with ourselves, it radiates outward.

Few cross over the river. Most are stranded on this side. On the riverbank they run up and down. But the wise man, following the way, Crosses over, beyond the reach of death. He leaves the dark way For the way of light.

It is our minds that create this world.

Never in the world does hatred cease by hatred; hatred ceases by love.