1. To enjoy good
health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one
must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind
he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdo`m and virtue will naturally
come to him.
2. It is better to
conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It
cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
3. 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.
4.
Better than a
thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
5. The tongue like a
sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.
6. Holding on to
anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone
else; you are the one who gets burned.
7. Just as a candle
cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
8. “All that we are is the
result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we
become.”
9. “All wrong-doing arises because of
mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?”
10. “Even death is not to be feared by
one who has lived wisely.”
11. “Peace comes from within. Do not
seek it without.”
12. “The only real failure in life is
not to be true to the best one knows.”
