Before you speak, ask yourself, is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve the silence?
Don’t belong to anything. Don’t belong to anyone. Just Be. Feel your Being first and foremost, and don’t compare or compete. Just Be your Being.
Questions appear real for as long as you consider yourself to be a person. When you realize you are the impersonal presence, all questions vanish.
Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don’t try to figure anything out. Don’t try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest.
Mind is everything. What we think, we become.
Be a lamp unto yourselves! Work out your liberation with diligence! Fill your mind with compassion!
Be a lamp to yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold on to the truth within yourself as to the only truth.
The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.
Few cross over the river. Most are stranded on this side. On the riverbank they run up and down. But the wise man, following the way, Crosses over, beyond the reach of death. He leaves the dark way For the way of light.
A disciplined mind brings happiness.
Be a lamp unto yourself.
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.
Live in Joy, In love, Even among those who hate. Live in joy, In health, Even among the afflicted. Live in joy, In peace, Even among the troubled. Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment, Know the sweet joy of living in the way.
Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.
Love yourself and be awake- Today, tomorrow, always. First establish yourself in the way, Then teach others, And so defeat sorrow. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing- Straighten yourself. You are your only master. Who else? Subdue yourself, And discover your master.
Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stifled by non-hatred – this is the law Eternal.
For those who are ready the door to the deathless state is open. If you have ears give up the conditions that bind you and enter in.
Nothing is to be clung to as I, me or mine.
Make of yourself a light.
Your life, all of your life, is your path to awakening. By resisting or not dealing with its challenges, you stay asleep to Reality. Pay attention to what life is trying to reveal to you. Say yes to its fierce, ruthless, and loving grace.