"Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind."

"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."

"Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes."

"A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated — this is the greatest blessing."

"Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life."