“Work out your own salvation; do not depend on others.”

“A jug fills drop by drop.”

“Work out your own salvation; do not depend on others “

“Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.”

“No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.”

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves.”

“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”