The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

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

If you want to understand the causes that existed in the past, look at the results as they are manifested in the present. And if you want to understand what results will be manifested in the future, look at the causes that exist in the present.

There is no meditation without wisdom, and there is no wisdom without meditation. When a man has both meditation and wisdom, he is indeed close to nirvana.

When words are both true and kind, they can change the world.

Realizing the doctrine of dependent-arising, the wise do not at all partake of extreme views