A person is ruined by taking the measure of other persons.

The Buddhas do but tell the way; it is for you to swelter at the task.

Radiate boundless love towards the entire world - above, below, and across - unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride.

Truth is always truth, untruth is always untruth. This is what matters, this is right desire.

Buddha was speaking in a village square one day, when one of the inhabitants started to abuse him. Buddha paused and said to the man, "If you offer me a piece of paper and I refuse to accept it, what happens to the paper?" "Why, it stays with me, of course," the villager replied. Buddha smiled gently, "And that is exactly what I am doing with your abuse," he said. "I am not accepting it, therefore it stays with you."

Sound health is the greatest of gifts; contentedness, the greatest of riches; trust, the greatest of qualities.