All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.
Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.
He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake's venom that so quickly spreads, — such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.
Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.
You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.