The thought manifests as the word; / The word manifests as the deed; / The deed develops into habit; / And habit hardens into character; / So watch the thought and its ways with care, / And let it spring from love / Born out of concern for all beings.

If you want to maintain soundness of mind and live the right kind of life, you must observe morality. This is fundamental.

Good and bad habits both take time to acquire real power. Long continued bad habits can be displaced by good habits if the latter are patiently cultivated.

Know Him, the Spirit, to be one alone. Give up all words contrary to this. He is the bridge of immortality.

Once you are back in your true home, you will feel the peace and the joy you deserve.

Each time I look at a fine landscape: / Each time that I meet a loved friend, / I raise my voice and / recite a stanza of poetry, / And am glad as though a / God had crossed my path.

Be filled with one wish, for God, God, God. Unless you are singled hearted, my dears, He is very hard to find.

Everyone / Is God speaking. / Why not be polite and / Listen to Him.

Those whose consciousness is unified abandon all attachment to the results of action and attain supreme peace.

One’s utmost moves the heavens.

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.

Talk and talk and things get out of hand. Why not stop talking and think?

Life is an echo. What you send out comes back.

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed.

Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.

In this life of ours, others may help us, may support us for a moment when we are fallen, may seek to awaken us to our own true nature, but realization must come from within.

Whenever clear understanding and mindfulness act together, wisdom, their companion, will always be found.

He whose days pass without imparting and enjoying breathes indeed, but he does not live.

The sacrifice through which one thing reaches its fulfillment is not a sacrifice that leads to death; it is the casting off of chains and the attainment of freedom.

Gazing intently into the empty sky, / vision ceases; / Likewise, when the mind gazes into mind itself, / The train of discursive and / conceptual thought ends / And supreme enlightenment is gained.

When you are washing the dishes, washing the dishes must be the most important thing in your life. Just as when you are drinking tea, drinking tea must be the most important thing in your life.

As the shadow follows the body, as we think, so we become.

If a man’s mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.

You must know who you are, understand your inner nature. You must become conscious of this infinite nature in yourself. Then you will break free of your shackles.

My joy is like Spring, so warm it makes flowers bloom all over the Earth, My pain is like a river of tears, so vast it fills the four oceans. Please call me by my true names, so I can hear all my cries and my laughter at once, so I can see that my…

Simply observing how your mind is responding to the sense world as you go about your business—walking, talking, shopping… can be a really perfect meditation and bring a perfect result.

We can be nourished by the best values and practices from many traditions.

When the forest is dead, we understand the great power of life when we see a flower that suddenly blooms.

Both Heaven and Earth endure forever. The cause of their endurance is their indifference.