If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change.
Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.
Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.
Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.
Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.
As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgements but rain your kindness equally on all.
Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.
The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There’s only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment.
As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.
If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
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.
There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.
Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.
Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.
Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.
Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.
Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all.