Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no other refuge.
Solitude is happiness for one who is content, who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees. Non-affliction is happiness in the world – harmlessness towards all living beings.
The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious.
Things are not what they appear to be: nor are they otherwise.
To eat meat is just a habit after we were born. In fact, we are not born to eat meat.
When things are going well, be mindful of adversityWhen prosperous, be mindful of povertyWhen loved, be mindful of thoughtfulnessWhen respected, be mindful of humility.
It is better to do nothing Than to do what is wrong. For whatever you do, you do to yourself.
Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think.
One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.
If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.
There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.
The mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness.
As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.
When action comes out of nothing it creates no karma.
One way leads to acquisition, the other leads to nirvana. Realizing this a mon should take no pleasure in the respect of others, but should devote himself to solitude.
The man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most ungrudging love; and the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from me.
Let him the intelligent man admonish, let him teach, let him forbid what is improper ! – he will be beloved of the good, by the bad he will be hated.
If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great.
There is no meditation without wisdom, and there is no wisdom without meditation. When a man has both meditation and wisdom, he is indeed close to nirvana.
The gift of the Truth beats all other gifts. The flavour of the Truth beats all other tastes. The joy of the Truth beats all other joys, and the cessation of desire conquers all suffering.