“The sands of time slow for no man. Things change for better and for worse, but what we choose to perceive is up to us.”

Offering gifts and accepting gifts, opening one’s mind and inquiring in confidence, sharing food, and receiving food are the six exchanges that develop loving relationships.

Familiarity breeds contempt, I replied. When we are overly familiar with people, we forget how important they are to us and the correct way to behave with them.

The first step in selflessness is to practise it with our family.

It is strange that sword and words have the same letters.

Feeling peaceful, happy and content is not about avoiding challenges in our life, but about how we navigate through these challenges to reach the type of life we want to live.

Our association is powerful: it can uplift us or bring us down.

Always seeing the best in people and choosing to avoid their faults.

Stop and reflect on your life regularly. Pressing the pause button to practise gratitude is the way to make it a constant in your life.

It is strange that sword and words have the same letters. Even more strange is that they have the same effect if not handled properly.

The eyes are the window to the soul,

A man or a woman is known by the company they keep.

Experience is not what happens to a man, it is what a man does with what happens to him.

Behind the smiles, everyone is going through personal struggles we know nothing about.

What great men do, common men follow.

Fight the strong urge to judge someone based on an initial interaction with them. Everyone has a fascinating story that we know nothing about.

As a monk, I have to be cautious of overindulgence; it is essential to stay regulated in our habits.

To become successful and outstanding at something, we don’t have to come up with something new; we need only find ways of doing it better.

A person who does not read is no better than one cannot read.

If you spend time with your loved ones, you get the energy to do your job better.

Winning is not always the barometer of getting better.

Practical knowledge of what works and what doesn’t work is much better. Theoretical knowledge is important, but I think practical knowledge works better.

How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.