Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
Be determined. The Tempter masters the lazy and irresolute man who dwells on the attractive side of things, ungoverned in his senses, and unrestrained in his food, like the wind overcomes a rotten tree.
From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there’s no grief – so how fear?
There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth...not going all the way, and not starting.
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
