It is better to do your own duty badly than to perfectly do an others; when you do your duty, you are naturally free from sin.

Happily ever after doesn't begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now.

Whatever thought grips the mind at the time of death is the one which will propel it and decide for it the nature of its future birth. Thus if one wants to attain god after death, one has to think of him steadfastly... This is not as simple as it sounds, for at the time of death the mind automatically flies to the thought of an object (i.e. money, love) which has possessed it during its sojourn in the world. Thus one must think of god constantly.

What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.

When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.

When there's no way out, you just follow the way in front of you.

If you listen to the traffic with a clear mind, without any concepts, it is not noisy, it is only what it is.