All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If you speak or act with an evil thought, pain follows. If you speak or act with a pure thought, happiness follows, like a shadow that never leaves.
Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
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.
Faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is light by day and right mindfulness is protection by night.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there’s no grief – so how fear?
