Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.

What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now.

Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

The root of suffering is attachment.

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

If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.

Nothing can harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.

Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

As a flower that is lovely and beautiful, but is scentless, even so fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who does not practice it.