Mankind is a great, immense family… This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.
Life without freedom is like a body without a soul, and freedom without thought is like a confused spirit…
Common people pray for rain, healthy children and a summer that never ends. It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace.
Develop a mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect poise of mind: follow calmness, the absence of pride.
Worship means reverence and humility. If you can wipe out evil desires and harbour good thoughts, even if nothing shows, it’s worship. Such form is its real form.
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.
