Forgetting oneself is opening oneself

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life.

But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.

That you carry yourself forward and experience the myriad things is delusion. That the myriad things come forward and experience themselves is awakening

Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.

To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.

Healing doesn’t mean forgetting or making the memories insignificant. Healing means refocusing

Few realize how loud their expressions really are. Be kind with what you wordlessly say.

We struggle in life because our inner monologue prays....my will be done.

You are not property. If you choose to leave, no one will stop you.

A few British suffragettes everybody laughed at started the cause of equality between men and women.

All babies are Buddha babies.

Every challenge is nothing more than a chance to make things better.

We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure.

Well, I used to look like this when I was young and now I still do.