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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.
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.
Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.
All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
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.
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
A jug fills drop by drop.
Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.
Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.
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.
If we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely. If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative. In our thoughts and words we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths. Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts. We can always replace negative with positive.
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