Mind precedes all phenomena, mind matters most, everything is mind-made. If with an impure mind, you speak or act, then suffering follows you as the cartwheel follows the foot of the draft animal. If with a pure mind, you speak or act, then happiness follows you as a shadow that never departs
Gautama BuddhaHowever many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?
Gautama BuddhaWhen 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.
Gautama BuddhaMaintain a state of balance between physical acts and inner serenity,like a lute whose strings are finely tuned.
Gautama Buddha