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.
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
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.
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering – an image of death.
To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.
Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world – a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.