Whatever happens, I will not let my cheerfulness be disturbed. Being unhappy won't get me anywhere and will dissipate all my goodness. Why be unhappy about something if you can change it? And if you can't, how will being unhappy help?

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

As long as space abides and as long as the world abides, so long may I abide, destroying the sufferings of the world.

While others are engaged in inferior and menial tasks in which they encounter many difficulties, how can I sit here at peace and do nothing? I must and shall benefit them, but without ever succumbing to the poison of self-importance.

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

Partake of this sacred mystery: to take the place of others, giving them his own.

Why be unhappy about something if it can be remedied? And what is the use of being unhappy about something if it cannot be remedied?