“I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.”
“The wise man makes an island of himself that no flood can overwhelm.”
“Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.”
“The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demands for its sustenance and extends generously the products of its life activity; it affords protection to all beings, offering shade even to the axe-man who destroys it.”
“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.”
“From a withered tree, a flower blooms”
“Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are, it solely relies on what you think.”
“If you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do is keep on walking.”
“Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.”
“In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.”
“Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those that a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.
“If you knew what I know about the power of giving you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way. ”
“Not merely by rules of conduct and religious observances, nor by much learning either, nor even by attainment of concentration, nor by sleeping alone, do I reach the happiness of freedom, to which no worldlings attain. If you have not put an end to compulsions, nurse your faith”
Gautama Buddha