You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger... Let a man overcome anger by love.
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.
Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.
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.
Love lasts when the relationship comes first
You, as much as anyone in the universe, deserve your love and respect.
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stifled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal.
The man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most ungrudging love; and the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from me.
It takes hundred of years sitting together in the same boat. It takes thousand of years sharing the same bed with. It calls : the predestined affinity.
You can search the entire universe and not find a single being more worthy of love than you.
Until he has unconditional and unbiased love for all beings, man will not find peace.
If for just the time of a finger-snap a monk produces a thought of loving-kindness, develops it, gives attention to it, such a one is rightly called a monk. Not in vain does he meditate. He acts in accordance with the master's teaching, he follows his advice. How much more so if he cultivates it.
To him in whom love dwells, the whole world is but one family.
Full of love for all things in the world, practicing virtue, in order to benefit others, this man alone is happy.
Whoever makes love grow boundless, and sets his mind for seeing the end of birth, his fetters are worn thin. If he loves even a single being, Good will follow. But the Noble One with compassionate heart for all mankind, generates abounding good.
Never in the world does hatred cease by hatred; hatred ceases by love.
