In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not been practising meditation.

If you sleep, Desire grows in you Like a vine in the forest. Like a monkey in the forest You jump from tree to tree, Never finding the fruit - From life to life, Never finding peace. If you are filled with desire Your sorrows swell Like the grass after the rain. But if you subdue desire Your sorrows shall fall from you Like drops of water from a lotus flower.

By your own folly you will be brought as low as your worst enemy wishes.

Those... who find delight in freedom from attachment in the renunciation of clinging, free from the inflow of thoughts, they are like shining lights, having reached final liberation in the world.

It is better to travel well then arrive.

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

Believe there is good in the world.