Do not entertain hopes for realization, but practice all your life.
To attain Buddhahood ... we must scatter this life's aims and objects to the wind.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
My religion is not deceiving myself.
When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick
Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to the best of your ability, even at the cost of life itself. In short: Act so that you have no cause to be ashamed of yourselves and hold fast to this rule.