“All that we are is the result of what we have thought.”
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
“Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.”
“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it unless it agrees with your own reason and common sense.”
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
“The trouble is, you think you have time.”
“There is no path to happiness. Happiness is the path.”
“Just as a flower does not pick and choose the bees that come to it, we cannot pick and choose who we show kindness and compassion to.”
“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.”
“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.”
“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.”
“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
“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.”
“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”
“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”
“Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.”
“You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.”
“The greatest prayer is patience.”
“To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.”
“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.”
“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.”
“It is better to travel well than to arrive.”
“You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.”
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”
“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.”
“The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There’s only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment.”