The discipline which I have imparted to you will lead you when I am gone. Practice mindfulness diligently, to attain the goal of awakening.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

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

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.

You only have to doze a moment, and all is lost. For ruin and salvation both have their source inside you.

You ever get sick and one of your friends gives you medical advice? And they tell you that they're not a doctor - like you didn't know it?

How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.

Every word you have ever uttered, is engraved upon my heart. -Lazarus to his mother.

Right now, in my mind, this is nothing but grip strength and focus.

I love the beginning of Magnolia, the thing about the dealer. That scene is genius. Brilliantly acted.

If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.

I didn't go to college.

Whatever you really want, wants don't get met consistently, standards do.

The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.