All the suffering in the world comes from seeking pleasure for oneself. All the happiness in the world comes from seeking pleasure for others.

If you can solve your problem, what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, what is the use of worrying.

All the harm, fear, and suffering in the world are caused by attachment to the self: Why should I hold on to this great demon?

May I be a light for those in need of light. May I be a bed for those in need of rest. May I be a servant for those in need of service, for all embodied beings.

Death will be so quick to swoop on you; Gather merit till that moment comes! Wait till then to banish laziness? Then there'll be no time, what will you do? "This I have not done. And this I'm only starting. And this - I'm only halfway through ..." Then is the sudden coming of the Lord of Death, And oh, the thought 'Alas, I'm finished.'

In the ages marked by scarcity and want, may I myself appear as drink and sustenance.

We are all slaves of our own actions. Why be angry with anyone else?