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.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity and the liar by speaking the truth.

There is no path to happiness:
happiness is the path.

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change. 

Kindness should become the natural way of life, not the exception.

With our thoughts we make the world.

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

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.

Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

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.

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

The secret to health for both body and mind is not mourn for the past, worry about the future, or antícipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.

Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it.

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.

To keep the body in good health is a duty otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.

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

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

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

When words are both true and kind they can change the world.

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

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

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.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

The mind is everything.
What you think you become.

Silence and smile are two powerful words. Smile is the way to solve many problems and silence is the way to avoid many problems.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.

Greater in battle than the man who would conquer a thousand-thousand men, is he who would conquer just one: himself.

Better to conquer yourself than others.

Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it.

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.

Everything that has a beginning has an ending.

Make your peace with that and all will be well.

All what we are is the result of what we have thought.

To be angry is to let others' mistakes punish yourself.

When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

Be kind to all creatures;
this is the true religion.

Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.

Lovely thing to learn from water:

Adjust yourself in every situation and in any shape.

But most importantly : Find your own way to flow.

It is easy to see the faults of others, but difficult to see one's own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind but one conceals one's own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice.

The mind is like water. When it is turbulent, it is difficult to see. When it is calm, everything becomes clear.

If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.

What you think, you become.

What you feel, you attract.

What you imagine, you create.

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

No one saves us but ourselves.
No one can and no one may.
We ourselves must walk the path.

As the lotus rises on it's stalk unsoiled by the mud and water, so the wise one speaks of peace and is unstained by the opinions of the world.

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

Your work is to disover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds...

Everything can be changed by our minds.

What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.

Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful.

Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are. It solely relies on what you think.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Everything that has a beginning has an ending.

Make your peace with that and all will be well.

The root of suffering is attachment.

Nothing is permanent.
Everything is subject to change.
Being is becoming.

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it. Unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.

Look not to the faults of others,
nor to their omissions and commissions.
But rather look to your own acts,
to what you have done and left undone.

By oneself is evil done;
by oneself is one defiled.
By oneself is evil left undone;
by oneself is one made pure.
Purity and impurity depend on oneself;
no one can purify another.

Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure.

Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.

A disciplined mind brings happiness.

Rule your mind or it will rule you.

Whoever doesn’t flare up at someone who’s angry wins a battle hard to win.

You only lose what you cling to.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.