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

What we think, we become.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

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.

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

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.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

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

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

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

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

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.

I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world.

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

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

The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.

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.

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

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