“In separateness lies the world's great misery, in compassion lies the world's true strength.”

Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.

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

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

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

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

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.

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.