The tongue like a sharp knife… Kills without drawing blood.

True love is born from understanding.

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.

We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.

The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next.

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in the past is to carry the raft on your back after you have crossed the river.

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.

You can not travel the path until you have become the path itself.

Eat when you're hungry. Drink when you're thirsty. Sleep when you're tired.

The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment.

So also is the case if I don't care the one abusing me. He is the one going to be demeaned.