If you follow a strict diet for a few months, flaunting six packs abs is no big deal.

All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.

A person is not earth, not water, Not fire, not wind, not space, Not consciousness, and not all of them. What person is there other than these?

Someone who has acted carelessly, But later becomes careful and attentive, Is as beautiful as the bright moon emerging from the clouds.

The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit. To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.

Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void.

Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.

So, to praise others for their virtues - Can but encourage one's own efforts

That which arises dependent on something is not in the least that thing, neither is it different from it. Therefore, it is neither permanent or nothing.

Ultimate serenity is the coming to rest of all ways of taking things, the repose of named things; no truth has been taught by a Buddha for anyone, anywhere.

There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.

Don't let your plans or goals become more important than yourself, or the ones you care about! :)

[…] God gives grace for the situation, not the imagination.

Where is the culture of cleanliness?

Self-love and the love of the world constitute hell.

The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment

Literature is like any other trade; you will never sell anything unless you go to the right shop.

It is here [in mathematics] that the artist has the fullest scope of his imagination.

As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure.

I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid!

If I don't have fun, it's my own damn fault.