“Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.”
“The tongue like a sharp knife… Kills without drawing blood.”
“Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.”
“If you propose to speak always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind.”
“Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.”
“Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is a pleasant thing.”
“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.”
“Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.”
“An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.”
“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.”
“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”
“Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.”
“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.”
“Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.”
“Pain is certain, suffering is optional.”
“Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.”
“The root of suffering is attachment.”
“Doubt everything. Find your own light.”
“If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.”
“Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.”
“There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.”
“Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.”
“Most problems, if you give them enough time and space, will eventually wear themselves out”
“Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.”
“Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.”
“You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way.”
“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.”
“She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair.”
“I am the miracle.”
“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.”
“The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.”
“To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.”
“There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.”
“Meditate… do not delay, lest you later regret it.”
“Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.”
“Live every act fully, as if it were your last.”
“To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.”
“One who acts on truth is happy in this world and beyond.”
“Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.”
“A man asked Gautama Buddha, ‘I want happiness.’ Buddha said, ‘First remove I, that’s Ego, then remove want, that’s Desire. See now you are left with only Happiness.’ ”
“To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple livelihood; this is the good luck.”
“One moment can change a day, one day can change a life and one life can change the world.”
“An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.”
“Should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let them resolutely pursue a solitary course.”
“He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.”
“One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble.”
“Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well spoken words: this is good luck.”
Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.
Rule the mind or it will rule you.
If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down.