 A jug fills drop by drop. |
| However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? |
| Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. |
| 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. |
| I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done. |
| Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals. |
| The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. |
| 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. |
| You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. |
| 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. |
| Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. |
| There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting. |
| Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little. |
| Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. |
| The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. |
| Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good. |
| There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. |
