Your future is your own again. And I consider that to be a happy ending to the story.
To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue; this is the good luck.
Nirvana is this moment seen directly. There is no where else than here. The only gate is now. The only doorway is your own body and mind. There’s nowhere to go. There’s nothing else to be. There’s no destination. It’s not something to aim for in the afterlife. It’s simply the quality of this moment.
He who has renounced all violence towards all living beings, weak or strong, who neither kills nor causes others to kill - him I do call a holy man.
Believe nothing, No matter where you read it, Or who has said it, Not even if I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own common sense.
The good renounce everything. The pure don't babble about sensual desires. Whether touched by pleasure or pain, the wise show no change of temper.
Treat not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.
You put a big bird in a small cage, it'll sing you a song
Everything is sorrow for the wise.
To call New York's traffic at holiday time a nightmare is to understate.
My job in my work is not to acquire power; it's to question power.