But if you miss it, you will next be confronted with the angry deities, ... threatening you and barring your passage ... because you turned a deaf ear to the saving truths of religion. All these forms are strange to you, ... they terrify you, ... and yet it is you who have created them. Do not give in to your fright, ... flee them not! They are but ... the contents of your own mind... If at this point you should manage to understand that, ... and you will find yourself in a paradise among the angels.
Gautama BuddhaHe 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.
Gautama BuddhaLife can only take place in the present moment. If we lose the present moment, we lose life.
Gautama BuddhaWhen you realize how perfect [or at least better than it could be] everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.
Gautama Buddha