“Before speaking, recognize what motivates your words.”

“before speaking, notice what motivates your words.”

“You are in charge of your own karma, your own life, your own spiritual path, and your own liberation, just as I am in charge of mine.”

“Other people can’t cause us to be impatient unless we let them do so. In other words, others don’t make us impatient. We make ourselves impatient, through our expectations and demands, fixated attachments and stuckness.”

“Everything passes, nothing remains. Understand this, loosen your grip and fine serenity...”

“The more truthful I am with myself and others, the more my conscience is clear and tranquil. Thus, I can more thoroughly and unequivocally inhabit the present moment and accept everything that happens without fear, knowing that what goes around comes around (the law of karma). Ethical morality and self-discipline represent the good ground, or stable basis. Mindful awareness is the skillful and efficacious grow-path, or way. Wisdom and compassion constitute the fruit, or result. This is the essence of Buddhism [...]”

“Forgiveness means letting go of the hope for a better past.”