If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great.

Therefore, be islands unto yourselves. Be your own refuge. Have recourse to none else for refuge. Hold fast to the Dharma as a refuge. Resort to no other refuge. Whosoever, either now or after I am gone, shall be islands unto themselves, shall seek no eternal refuge, it is they, among my disciples who shall reach the very topmost height! But they must be keen to progress.

We do not learn by experience, but by our capacity for experience.

If there is only empty space, with no suns nor planets in it, then space loses its substantiality.

Like a lovely flower full of color but lacking in fragrance, are the words of those who do not practice what they teach.

One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the Messiah?" "No," answered Buddha. "Then are you a healer?" "No," Buddha replied. "Then are you a teacher?" the student persisted. "No, I am not a teacher." "Then what are you?" asked the student exasperated. "I am awake," Buddha replied.

There are three ways to correct our faults:We can change through behavior We can change through understanding We can change heart