Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no longer is. The future has not yet come. Looking deeply at life as it is. In the very here and now, the practitioner dwells in stability and freedom. We must be diligent today. To wait until tomorrow is too late. Death comes unexpectedly. How can we bargain with it? The sage calls a person who knows how to dwell in mindfulness night and day, 'one who knows the better way to live alone.'

Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.

Whatever an enemy might do to an enemy, or a foe to a foe, the ill-directed mind can do to you even worse.

It is in this way that I went forth to teach.

A generous heart, kind speech, & a life of service & compassion are the things which renew humanity.

When we feel happy and peaceful, our happiness and peace radiates around us, and others can enjoy it as well. This is called 'the enjoyment of others of our body of bliss'.

One moment, ten thousand years. Ten thousand years, one moment.