One learns the art of dying by learning the art of living: how to become master of the present moment.

Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you're bound to be successful. Bound to be successful.

The mind spends most of the time lost in fantasies and illusions, reliving pleasant or unpleasant experiences and anticipating the future with eagerness or fear. While lost in such cravings or aversions, we are unaware of what is happening now, what we are doing now.

The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.

Grasping at things can only yield one of two results: Either the thing you are grasping at disappears, or you yourself disappear. It is only a matter of which occurs first.

Peace and negativity cannot coexist just as light and darkness cannot coexist.

When one experiences truth, the madness of finding fault with others disappears.