“A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. a man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.”

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

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.

If the watchdog doesn’t bark, how do you know there’s a burglar in the basement? And the press is supposed to be a watchdog.

Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss.

Even in the middle of barking dogs, you can hear the footsteps of a big revolution!

How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

Have Faith. Where’er thy bark is driven, – The calm’s disport, the tempest’s mirth, – Know this: God rules the hosts of heaven, The habitants of earth.

My bite louder than my bark.

I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.

Dog bark at what they don’t understand.