The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone.

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.

Of those beings who live in ignorance, shut up and confined, as it were, in an egg, I have first broken the eggshell of ignorance and alone in the universe obtained the most exalted, universal Buddhahood.

It is better to travel well than to arrive.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance of fruits. But alms given to those who are yet under the tyrannical yoke of the passions are like seed deposited in a bad soil. The passions of the receiver of the alms choke, as it were, the growth of merits.

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom.

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

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

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.

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.

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.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

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.

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

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.

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.