You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Gautama BuddhaAll beings are not only the parents in the past. They will become the Buddha in the future. If you free their lives, you are Buddha.
Gautama BuddhaTo have much learning, to be skillful in handicraft, well-trained in discipline, and to be of good speech -- this is the greatest blessing.
Gautama Buddha