Inner freedom is not guided by our efforts; it comes from seeing what is true.
How deeply did you learn to let go?
Before you've seen it, and when you first see it, it is the greatest thing; afterwards, it is ordinary.
I teach one thing and one only: that is, suffering and the end of suffering.
Though one should live a hundred years without wisdom and control, yet better, indeed, is a single day's life of one who is wise and meditative.
The true master lives in truth, in goodness and restraint, non-violence, moderation, and purity.