At the bottom of things, most people want to be understood and appreciated.

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride.

The evils of the body are murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse and idle talk; of the mind, covetousness, hatred and error.

Better is to speak unpleasant truth than to tell lies.

If the selflessness of phenomena is analyzed and if this analysis is cultivated, it causes the effect of attaining nirvana. through no other cause does one come to peace.

Fools wait for a lucky day, but everyday is a lucky day for an industrious man.

Whoever doesn't flare up at someone who's angry wins a battle hard to win.