“Your actions are your only belongings.”

The Way is not in the sky; the Way is in the heart.

Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

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.

In separateness lies the world’s greatest misery; in compassion lies the world’s true strength.

Life is a river always flowing, do not hold onto things, work hard.

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.

Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.

Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook but the oceans depth are calm.

Nothing is forever except change.

One moment can change a day, one day can change a life and one life can change the world.

Doubt everything. Find your own light.

The greatest prayer is patience.

There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.

The darkest night is ignorance.

Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.

All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.

Decide how much you want to be earning one year, five years and ten years from today. What will you have to do to achieve these amounts.

Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.

We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.

Learn to feel yourself in other bodies, to know that we are all one. Throw all other nonsense to the winds. Spit out your actions, good or bad, and never think of them again. What is done is done. Throw off superstition. Have no weakness even in the face of death. Be free.

Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.

That’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.

Your success is not measured in terms of what all you obtained but in term of what you become, how you live and what actions you do. Upon this point reflect well and attain great happiness