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

Rule your mind or it will rule you.

True love is born from understanding.

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.

If a traveller does not meet with one who is his better, or his equal, let him firmly keep to his solitary journey; there is no companionship with a fool.

It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.

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

Attachment leads to suffering.

The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

May all that have life be delivered from suffering.

When you come upon a path that brings benefit and happiness to all, follow this course as the moon journeys through the stars.

The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss.

Focus on impact, not approval. If you believe you can change the world, which I hope you do, do what you believe is right and expect resistance and expect attackers. Keep calm and carry on!

If I really want an unrushed life, I must underwhelm my schedule so God has room to overwhelm my soul.

Over thinkers – masters at turning calm into chaos.

And in between the calm and the chaos you are evolving.

There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe.

Quietly they moved down the calm and sacred river that had come down to earth so that its waters might flow over the ashes of those long dead, and that would continue to flow long after the human race had, through hatred and knowledge, burned itself out.

What is pertinent is the calmness of beauty, its sense of restraint. It is as though the land knows of its own beauty, its own greatness, and feels no need to shout it.