Love in the past is only a memory. Love in the future is only a fantasy. True love lives in the here and now.

Life is dear to all beings, they have the right to live the same that we do.

Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.

Do not have as friends harmful people, the wise person does not associate with the worst of people. Have as friends virtuous people, the wise person associates with the best of people.

For one who is a learner and who has not yet come to master their mind, but who dwells aspiring for peace from that which binds, making it a matter concerning himself, I know of no other thing as helpful as giving close attention to the mind.

Don't keep searching for the truth, just let go of your opinions.

Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.