Great Throughts Treasury

"You are far from the end of your journey. The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. See how you love"

"You are reckless, and desire grows. But the master is wakeful. He watches his body. In all his actions he discriminates, and he becomes pure. He is without blame."

"You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up."

"You are the source of all purity and impurity. No one purifies another."

"You are your own master and your own vacation resort; control yourself."

"You can only lose what you cling to."

"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection."

"You cannot travel on the path before you have become the Path itself."

"You create what you defend against."

"You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy."

"You must leave righteous ways behind, not to speak of unrighteous ways."

"You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together."

"You throw thorns, falling in my silence they become flowers."

"You too shall pass away. Knowing this, how can you quarrel?"

"You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind."

"You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger… Let a man overcome anger by love."

"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection."

"Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care."

"Your hearts shall give rise to great joy,"

"Your mind is everything, what you think you become."

"Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it."

"Your work is to discover your work – and then with all your heart to give yourself to it."

"Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded. But once mastered, no one can help you as much, not even your father or your mother."

"A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others."

"Believe nothing, O Monk, merely because you have been told it. But believe what, after due examination and analysis, you find conducive to the welfare of all beings"

"All life is sorrowful."

"Everything is a succession of appearances whose source is the accumulation of causes and conditions."

"Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with pure mind, happiness will follow you, as a shadow clings to a form."

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."

"Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule."

"Human beings tend to move in the direction of their thoughts."

"If a man speaks and acts with a good mind, happiness follows him like his shadow."

"If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him."

"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell."

"Mind is everything... We become what we think."

"Happiness never decreases by being shared."

"Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stilled only by non-hatred - this is the law eternal."

"Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else... Since things do not differ in their essential nature, there can be no duality."

"Real wealth is not gold but mind."

"The first steps toward spiritual freedom from the worldly bonds and fetters are to control one's mind, to stop idle talk, and to be somewhat pensive."

"The greatest prayer is patience."

"Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others."