Quote for today...

"Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten."

"Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind."

"There is no path to happiness. Happiness is the path."

"Life is so very hard. How can we be anything but kind?"

"Live every act fully, as if it were your last."

"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."

"Meditate. Do not delay, lest you later regret it."

"A closed mouth gathers no foot."

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

"A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated — this is the greatest blessing."

"Everything in moderation, including moderation."

"Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind, suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the footsteps of the ox."

"All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill."

"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 a sword that kills."

"The instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves."

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

"It is easy to see the faults of others, but difficult to see one’s own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one’s own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice."

"Nothing is forever except change."