When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.

Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

those which arise dependently are free of inherent existence.

The Way is not in the sky; the Way is in the heart.

Greater than all the joysOf heaven and earth,Greater still than dominionOver all the worlds,Is the joy of reaching the stream.

Attachment leads to suffering.

Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.[Verse 223]

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

Bhikkus, all is burning. And what is the all that is burning?The eye is burning, visible forms are burning, eye-consciousness is burning, eye-contact is burning; also whatever is felt as pleasant or painful or neither-painful-nor-pleasant...

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.

Meditate, Ānanda, do not delay, or else you will regret it later. This is our instruction to you.

those which are produced from causes are not produced. they do not have an inherent nature of production. those which depend on causes are said to be empty; those who know emptiness are aware.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Through countless births in the cycle of existence I have run, not finding although seeking the builder of this house; and again and again I faced the suffering of new birth. Oh housebuilder! Now you...

Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.

You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.

In the endthese things matter most:How well did you love?How fully did you live?How deeply did you let go?

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

The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next

Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.

Through the round of many births I roamed without reward, without rest, seeking the house-builder. Painful is birth again & again.House-builder, you’re seen!You will not build a house again.All your rafters broken,the ridge pole destroyed,gone...

Those who consider the inessential to be essential And see the essential as inessential Don’t reach the essential, Living in the field of wrong intention

Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.

How wonderful! How wonderful! All things are perfect, exactly as they are.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred, but gives it room to grow. But, ancient wisdom has...

All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependent-arisings. All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependently imputed.

Speak the truth do not become angered and give when asked, even be it a little. By these three conditions one goes to the presence of the gods.

It is better to travel, than to arrive

All descriptions of reality are temporary hypotheses.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection

Yes, Kālāmas, it is proper that your have doubt, that you have perplexity, for a doubt has arisen in a matter which is doubtful. Now, look you Kālāmas, do not be led by reports, or...

You only lose what you cling to.

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is...

Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.

Monks, even if bandits were to savagely sever you, limb by limb, with a double-handled saw, even then, whoever of you harbors ill will at heart would not be upholding my Teaching. Monks, even in...

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

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading

Whoever sees me sees the teaching, and whoever sees the teaching sees me.

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much...

He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man.

Now, Kalamas, don’t go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, ‘This contemplative is our teacher.’...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering...

There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.

Here bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma–discourses, stanzas, expositions, verses, exclamations, sayings, birth stories, marvels, and answers to questions–but having learned the Dhamma, they do not examine the meaning of those teachings with wisdom....

The Gift of Truth excels all other Gifts.