We (Buddhist) are all students of one teacher - the Buddha. One very kind, wise teacher. That is most important. As followers or students of this great teacher, we should take his own life as a model.
It only takes an ounce of courage to remove a ton of distress.
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through.
Nothing can be created from nothing.
When I am faced with pressures, a loving attitude towards myself will protect my peace of mind.
In our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
If i am honest in all my dealings I can never experience fear.
Your life, not your words, is the proof of your spirituality.
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
A smile you sent, will always return
See good, be good, do good, feel good
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
