On Happiness:-
“One who acts on truth is happy in this world and beyond.”
“Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.”
“A man asked Gautama Buddha, ‘I want happiness.’ Buddha said, ‘First remove I, that’s Ego, then remove want, that’s Desire. See now you are left with only Happiness.’ ”
“To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple livelihood; this is the good luck.”
On Death:-
“Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.”
“Live every act fully, as if it were your last.”
“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.”
On Meditation:-
“Meditate… do not delay, lest you later regret it.”
On Your Self:-
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”
“Doubt everything. Find your own light.”
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
“If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.”
“Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.”
“There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.”
“Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.”
“Most problems, if you give them enough time and space, will eventually wear themselves out”
“Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.”
“Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.”
“You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way.”
“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.”
“She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair.”
On Compassion:-
“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.”
“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
“Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.”
“As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgement but rain your kindness equally on all.”
“A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.”
“If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?”
“Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.”
“Give, even if you only have a little.”
“Life is so very difficult. How can we be anything but kind?”
“We will develop and cultivate the liberation of mind by loving kindness, make it our vehicle, make it our basis, stabilize it, exercise ourselves in it, and fully perfect it.”
“I am the miracle.”
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