Through zeal knowledge is gotten through lack of zeal knowledge is lost.
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.
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.
A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past not to worry about the future nor to anticipate troubles but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
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.
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
Without health life is not life it is only a state of langour and suffering – an image of death.
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
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.
To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
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.
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world.
In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom.
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
He who loves 50 people has 50 woes he who loves no one has no woes.
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.
With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone.
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
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.
Of those beings who live in ignorance, shut up and confined, as it were, in an egg, I have first broken the eggshell of ignorance and alone in the universe obtained the most exalted, universal Buddhahood.