“Now may every living thing, young or old,weak or strong, living near or far, known orunknown, living or departed or yet unborn,may every living thing be full of bliss.”

“From the dear comes grief; From the dear comes fear.If you're freed from the dear You'll have no grief, let alone fear.”

“The fool who knows his folly Becomes wise by that fact.But the fool who thinks he's wise - He's called 'a fool' indeed!”

“Better than a thousand sayings Made up of useless wordsIs one word of meaning Which calms you to hear it.”

“There's a mess inside you: You clean the outside.”

“Though you might conquer in battle A thousand times a thousand men,You're the greatest battle-winner If you conquer just one - yourself.”

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”

“I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some kind of a Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.”

“The fool who knows his folly Becomes wise by that fact.But the fool who thinks he's wise - He's called 'a fool' indeed!”

“Sometimes resilience arrives in the moment you discover your own unshakeable goodness.”

“When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms.”

“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.”

“With no positivity, there is no hope; with no negativity, there is no improvement.”

“To claim that one can never live a positive life with a negative mind is a very negative claim to make!”

“I do not take constructive criticism from people who have never constructed anything.”