As a flower that is lovely and beautiful, but is scentless, even so fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who practices it not.
If you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do is keep on walking.
A jug fills drop by drop.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.
one moment can change a day, one day can change a life and one life can change the world.
It is in a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that leads him to evil ways.
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere.You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.
The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.
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. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. a man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
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.
Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
