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.
There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth...not going all the way, and not starting.
Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it. That’s the mark of a true professional.
The Eightfold Path: Right view, right aim, right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right mindfulness, right contemplation.
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
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 family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.
