Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think.
Remember that the only constant in life is change.
When faced with the vicissitudes of life, one's mind remains unshaken, sorrow-less, stainless, secure; this is the greatest welfare
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.
To share happiness, and to have done something good before leaving this life is sweet.
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.
Do not vainly lament, but do wonder at the rule of transiency and learn from it the emptiness of human life. Do not cherish unworthy desire that the changeable might become unchanging.
Life is like the harp string, if it is strung too tight it won't play, if it is too loose it hangs, the tension that produces the beautiful sound lies in the middle.
The number of those endowed with human life is as small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail. Life as a human being is hard to sustain--as hard as it is for the dew to remain on the grass. But it is better to live a single day with honor than to live to 120 and die in disgrace.
Pain in life is inevitable but suffering is not. Pain is what the world does to you, suffering is what you do to yourself [by the way you think about the 'pain' you receive]. Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. [You can always be grateful that the pain is not worse in quality, quantity, frequency, duration, etc]
Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom.
My whole life, I never spoke a single word.
Pain in life is inevitable but suffering is not.
As you travel though life, offer good wishes to each being you meet.
Our life is a creation of our mind.
Like a caring mother holding and guarding the life of her only child, so with a boundless heart of loving kindness, hold yourself and all beings as your beloved children.
May all that have life be delivered from suffering.
If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good work to be done.
When you move your focus from competition to contribution life becomes a celebration. Never try to defeat people, just win their hearts.
No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed.
If you sleep, Desire grows in you Like a vine in the forest. Like a monkey in the forest You jump from tree to tree, Never finding the fruit - From life to life, Never finding peace. If you are filled with desire Your sorrows swell Like the grass after the rain. But if you subdue desire Your sorrows shall fall from you Like drops of water from a lotus flower.
Life can only take place in the present moment. If we lose the present moment, we lose life.
Only he who crosses the stream of life wishes to know what is known as unknowable.
Noble friends and companions are the whole of the holy life.