Do not judge yourself harshly. Without mercy for ourselves we cannot love the world.

He who wrongs the innocent must bear the fruit of his act, like dust flung against the wind.

Those who are ashamed of what they ought not to be ashamed; and are not ashamed of what they ought to be - such men, embracing erroneous views, enter the woeful path.

"All conditioned things are impermanent" - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.

Pain in life is inevitable but suffering is not. Pain is what the world does to you, suffering is what you do to yourself [by the way you think about the 'pain' you receive]. Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. [You can always be grateful that the pain is not worse in quality, quantity, frequency, duration, etc]

There are, O monks, these four lights. What four? The light of the moon, the light of the sun, the light of fire, and the light of wisdom. Of these four lights, the light of wisdom is supreme.

My whole life, I never spoke a single-word.