Through one all are known, through one all are also seen

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

To utter pleasant words without practicing them, is like a fine flower without fragrance.

With our thoughts we make the world.

I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake on Earth as a drop of oil on my foot.

One who is unrestrained in life-delusion overcomes; as the wind a weak tree.

Believe nothing, O monks, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or because you yourselves have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to and take as your guide.