Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
I am a finger pointing to the moon. Don’t look at me; look at the moon.
We are what we think.
Drink deeply. Live in serenity and joy.
Health, contentment, and trust are your greatest possessions. And freedom your greatest joy.
Wish I am free from barriers when I die, and Buddha will welcome me from far away.
Thousands upon thousands of lights is inferior to a light of heart.
Buddha is in our hearts. Buddha is in our mouths. Buddha is in our daily lives.
Do not let pleasure distract you from meditation, from the way. Free yourself from pleasure and pain.
The Buddhas do but tell the way; it is for you to swelter at the task.
If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.
Being generous, just helping one’s relatives and being blameless in one’s actions; this is the best good luck.
He who experiences the unity of life sees his own self in all beings.
As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good work to be done.
Do not believe anything because it is said by an authority, or if it is said to come from angels, or from Gods, or from an inspired source. Believe it only if you have explored it in your own heart and mind and body and found it to be true. Work out your own path, through diligence.
That which goeth up must needs come down; and that which is down must needs go up. But Brahma has ordained that the that that goeth up is seldom the same as the that that hath gone down.
Do not disregard the accumulation of goodness, saying, ‘This will come to nothing.’ By the gradual falling of raindrops, a jar is filled.
O seeker! Rely on nothing until you want nothing.
Truth is always truth, untruth is always untruth. This is what matters, this is right desire.