“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.”

“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”

“Though one should live a hundred years without wisdom and control, yet better, indeed, is a single day’s life of one who is wise and meditative.”

“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”

“Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it.Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.”

“A man asked Gautama Buddha, "I want happiness."Buddha said, "First remove "I," that's Ego, then remove "want," that's Desire.See now you are left with only "Happiness.”

“The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demands for its sustenance and extends generously the products of its life activity; it affords protection to all beings, offering shade even to the axe-man who destroys it.”