I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less. 

My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.

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

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. 

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.

The soul never thinks without a picture.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.

A theory must be tempered with reality.