The trouble is you think you have time.
A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.
Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial.
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.
To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
Those who are truly wise will remain unmoved by feelings of happiness and suffering, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, gain and loss.They will remain calm like the eye of a hurricane.
Buddha was speaking in a village square one day, when one of the inhabitants started to abuse him. Buddha paused and said to the man, "If you offer me a piece of paper and I refuse to accept it, what happens to the paper?" "Why, it stays with me, of course," the villager replied. Buddha smiled gently, "And that is exactly what I am doing with your abuse," he said. "I am not accepting it, therefore it stays with you."
Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.
The root of suffering is attachment
Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you ought to know, and showing you the path to heaven.
Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.
As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.
Insignificant, is the loss of relatives, wealth and fame; The loss of wisdom is the greatest loss. Insignificant, is the increase of relatives, wealth and fame; The increase of wisdom is the highest gain. Therefore, you should train yourselves thus: "We will grow in the increase of wisdom" Thus you should train yourselves.
O how sweet it is to enjoy life, Living in honesty and strength! And wisdom is sweet, And freedom.
Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear.
