“All men thirst to confess their crimes more than tired beasts thirst for water; but they naturally object to confessing them while other people, who have also committed the same crimes, sit by and laugh at them.” 

“A fad or heresy is the exaltation of something which even if true, is secondary or temporary in its nature against those things which are essential and eternal, those things which always prove themselves true in the long run. In short, it is the setting up of the mood against the mind.”

“The beautification of the world is not a work of nature, but a work of art, then it involves an artist.” 

Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all.

Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing.

It is in the nature of things that joy arises in a person free from remorse.

The enlightened one, intent on jhana, should find delight in the forest, should practice jhana at the foot of a tree, attaining his own satisfaction.

Transcendental intelligence rises when the intellectual mind reaches its limit and if things are to be realized in their true and essential nature, its processes of thinking must be transcended by an appeal to some higher faculty of cognition.

Kindness should become the natural way of life, not the exception.

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.

Purity or impurity depends on oneself. No one can purify another.

“If a man’s thoughts are muddy, If he is reckless and full of deceit, How can he wear the yellow robe? Whoever is master of his own nature, Bright, clear and true, He may indeed wear the yellow robe.”

Always search for your innermost nature in those you are with, as rose oil imbibes from roses.

Be a helpful friend, and you will become a green tree with always new fruit, always deeper journeys into love.

How do I know who I am or where I am? How could a single wave locate itself in an ocean.

Wherever water flows, life flourishes: wherever tears fall, divine mercy is shown.

Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being.

Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.

If you wish to shine like day, burn up the night of self-existence. Dissolve in the Being who is everything.

You have no need to travel anywhere – journey within yourself. Enter a mine of rubies and bathe in the splendor of your own light.

Daylight, full of small dancing particles and the one great turning, our souls are dancing with you, without feet, they dance. Can you see them when I whisper in your ear?

Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others’ faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear.

Who could be so lucky? Who comes to a lake for water and sees the reflection of moon.

There is a moon inside every human being. Learn to be companions with it.