"She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair."

"You throw thorns, falling in my silence they become flowers."

"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."

"The trouble is, you think you have time."

"Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all"

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

"Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living."

"Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame."

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

"Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace."

"True love is born from understanding."

"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."

"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."

"Attachment leads to suffering."

"If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?"

"A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity."

"Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy."

"Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule."

"With our thoughts we make the world."

"There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed."

"As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life."

"Nothing is forever except change."

"As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgements but rain your kindness equally on all."

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