The people must have amusement as well as religion...every pure enjoyment is from heaven.

Apply yourself to solitude. One who is given to solitude knows things as they really are.

Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.

The person who masters himself through self-control and discipline is truly undefeatable.

The mind precedes all things, the mind dominates all things, the mind creates all things.

To utter pleasant words without practicing them, is like a fine flower without fragrance.

Dwell not on the faults and shortcomings of others; instead, seek clarity about your own.

The more completely we give of ourselves, the more completely the world gives back to us.

For the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world.

When you like a flower, you just pluck it. But when you love a flower, you water it daily.

Most problems, if you give them enough time and space, will eventually wear themselves out

They who imagine truth in untruth and see untruth in truth will never arrive at the truth.

There are two obstacles to enlightenment: 1. Thinking you know. 2 Thinking you don't know.

In his ignorance of the whole truth, each person maintains his own arrogant point of view.

Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.

Mankind have love, animals have affection. The harmonious and beautiful world is revealed.

As solid rock remains unmoved by the wind, so the wise remain unmoved by blame and praise.

Learn to sustain yourselves; lay up grain and flour, and save it against a day of scarcity.

For their abuse of [the Black African] race, the whites will be cursed, unless they repent.

Pity arises when we are sorry for someone.Compassion is when we understand and help wisely.

Hatred does not cease in this world by hating, but by not hating; this is an eternal truth.

If you can keep as silent as a broken gong, then you have attained, when you know no anger.

(They) were responsible for spreading the Buddhist religion throughout India and East Asia.

For he that is delighted by concord, And who abideth in the Law, Falleth not from Security.

If we are not one, we are not in the true sense of the word the disciples of the Lord Jesus.

You can search the entire universe and not find a single being more worthy of love than you.

Life can only take place in the present moment. If we lose the present moment, we lose life.

The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore.

As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.

Within this moment, the only moment that exists, the past, present and future are contained.

Health, contentment, and trust are your greatest possessions. And freedom your greatest joy.

Never tell a lie. Anyone who can tell you the slightest of lies is also capable of any evil.

Realizing the doctrine of dependent-arising, the wise do not at all partake of extreme views

He who wrongs the innocent must bear the fruit of his act, like dust flung against the wind.

Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.

The spirit of truth will do more to bring persons to light and knowledge, than flowery words.

Let us preach righteousness, and practice it. I do not wish to preach what I do not practice.

Some do not understand that we must die, But those who do realize this settle their quarrels.

It is better to do nothing Than to do what is wrong. For whatever you do, you do to yourself.

Never by hatred is hatred appeased, but it is appeased by kindness. This is an eternal truth.

Truth is always truth, untruth is always untruth. This is what matters, this is right desire.

With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit.

Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.

The secret of health for both mind and body is...live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

The fool who thinks he is wise is just a fool. The fool who knows he is a fool is wise indeed.

Live in joy and love even among those who hate; live in joy and peace even among the troubled.

If there is a God, it is inconceivable that he would be concerned about my day to day affairs.

The big belly can accommodate all kinds of things. The benevolence is never let a dust behind.

Brethren, do not become children in sense: but in malice be children, and in sense be perfect.

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.

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