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

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

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.'

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.

One should do nothing other than what is directly or indirectly of benefit to living beings.

It is not possible to control all external events; But, if I simply control my mind what need is there to control other things?