Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
It is nature’s law that rivers wind, trees grow wood, and, given the opportunity, women work iniquity.
Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.
Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.
Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.
Nothing is permanent.
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves
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.
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
It is better to travel well than to arrive.
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.
In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.