Why do what you will regret? Why bring tears upon yourself? Do only what you do not regret, And fill yourself with joy.

All 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.

Learn this from the waters: in mountain clefts and chasms, loud gush the streamlets, but great rivers flow silently.

There are those who discover they can leave behind destructive reactions and become patient as the earth, unmoved by fires of anger or fear, unshaken as a pillar, unperturbed as a clear and quiet pool.

Conquer anger by love, evil by good; Conquer the miser with liberality, and the liar with truth.

Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.

If you know something hurtful and not true, don't say it. If you know something hurtful and true, don't say it. If you know something helpful but not true, don't say it. If you know something helpful and true, find the right time to say it.