"In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves."

"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."

"Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again."

"Whoever sees me sees the teaching, and whoever sees the teaching sees me."

"Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes."

"The only way to bring peace to the earth is to learn to make our own life peaceful."

"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful."

"Mirror mirror on the wall, show the real me or naught at all."

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."

"Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two."

"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."

"Greater in battlethan the man who would conquera thousand-thousand men,is he who would conquerjust one -himself.Better to conquer yourselfthan others.When you've trained yourself,living in constant self-control,neither a deva nor gandhabba,nor a Mara banded with Brahmas,could turn that triumphback into defeat."

"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."

"Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others."

"Our life is shaped by our mind, for we become what we think."

"Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom."

"All beings tremble before violence.All fear death.All love life.See yourself in others.Then whom can you hurt?What harm can you do?"

"Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely."

"Like a caring motherholding and guarding the lifeof her only child,so with a boundless heartof lovingkindness,hold yourself and all beingsas your beloved children."

"It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways."

"All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?"

"The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart."

"Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side."

"You only lose what you cling to."

"Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed."

"Purity or impurity depends on oneself,No one can purify another."

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past not to worry about the future nor to anticipate troubles but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly."

"Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death."

"Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it."

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."

"He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man."

"Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men."

"Is this an ego high or a peaceful high?"

"We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all."

"Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness."

"Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace."

"Doubt everything. Find your own light."

"Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life."

"May all that have life be delivered from suffering."

"A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others."

"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world."

"There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills."

"You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don't give up."

"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection."

"All descriptions of reality are temporary hypotheses."

"The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood."

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him."

"Speak the truth do not become angered and give when asked, even be it a little. By these three conditions one goes to the presence of the gods."

"Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred, but gives it room to grow. But, ancient wisdom has advocated a different timeless strategy to overcome hatred. This eternal wisdom is to meet hatred with non-hatred. The method of trying to conquer hatred through hatred never succeeds in overcoming hatred. But, the method of overcoming hatred through non-hatred is eternally effective. That is why that method is described as eternal wisdom."

"We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them."