Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come.

One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.

Books are indispensable. You can move from hard copies to soft copies. But that’s about it.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: then it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.

It is better to travel well than to arrive.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

Our output is alwasy far below our maximum capacity.

The new has come and now the old retires. And so the past becomes a mountain cell. Where lone apart old hermit memories dwell.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely non violence in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.