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.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.