He who lives with his senses well controlled, moderate in his food and drink, he will not be overthrown, any more than the wind throws down a rocky mountain.

Understand that the body is merely the foam of a wave, the shadow of a shadow.

When one feels no shame in telling a deliberate lie, there is no evil, I tell you, he will not do.

A virtuous man or woman who is determined to develop the Supreme Enlightened Mind, should thus develop it: I have to lead all living beings to put a stop to (reincarnation) and escape (suffering), and when they have been so led, not one of them in fact stops (reincarnating) or escapes suffering. Why? Because, if a Bodhisattva believes in the notion of an ego, a personality, or a living being, he is not a true Bodhisattva.

The fiercest fire is hatred.

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.

Let go of anger. Let go of pride. When you are bound by nothing You go beyond sorrow.