To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.
To understand everything is to forgive everything.
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.
The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.
He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.
All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
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.
There is only one time when it is essential to awaken. That time is now.
Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.
Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
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.
What you think you become.
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.
Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
A jug fills drop by drop.
