“Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.”

Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.

Ultimate serenity is the coming to rest of all ways of taking things, the repose of named things; no truth has been taught by a Buddha for anyone, anywhere.

Without hope of reward Provide help to others. Bear suffering alone, And share your pleasures with beggars.

Some to rely on dualism, other on non-dualism; And to some he teaches the profound, The terrifying, the practice of enlightenment, Whose essence is emptiness that is compassion

So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts

Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.

Someone who has acted carelessly, But later becomes careful and attentive, Is as beautiful as the bright moon emerging from the clouds.

True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.

The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.

Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.

The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery.

All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.

Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.

Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.

Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar,

My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?

Only by entering new and unfamiliar worlds can a person change society as well as self.

Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline – which prevented it from entering the environment.

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business – which at least does us all some good.

Re-vision – the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction – is for woman more than a chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival.

Re-vision — the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction – is for women more than a chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival.

You’re entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy.

I moved around a lot as a kid, and when you’re always entering new places at that age,