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If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.
Oct 1, 2025
One moment can change a day, One day can change a life and One life can change the world
Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating compassion and learning ways to protect the lives of people, animals, plants, and minerals. I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to support any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, and in my way of life.
As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.
Purity or impurity depends on oneself, no one can purify another.
I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to support any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, and in my way of life
If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.
Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
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.
To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
The trouble is you think you have time.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.
What you think you become.
With our thoughts we make the world.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
Concentrate the mind on the present moment.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
Whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings...that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
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.
I think what happens in a religious life is that we have those experiences of affirmation and that one starts to live a Christian life or a Jewish life or a Muslim life or a Buddhist life, by affirming that affirmation each day. Each day you say 'Yes' to that Yes. So the life of being a Christian for example, is always a life of double affirmation, that you each day say 'Yes' to those counter-experiences of saying 'Yes', even when you're not experiencing them at that time, you're remaining loyal to that experience.
Believe nothing, No matter where you read it, Or who has said it, Not even if I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own common sense.
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
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