Do not disregard the accumulation of goodness, saying, 'This will come to nothing.' By the gradual falling of raindrops, a jar is filled.

After much seeking for truth and knowledge the profoundness of reality came to me with a clarity never before known.

Fill your mind with compassion.

When an evil-doer, seeing you practise goodness, comes and maliciously insults you, you should patiently endure it and not feel angry with him, for the evil-doer is insulting himself by trying to insult you.

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

Make of yourself a light.

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.