Category: Quotes

[171] To take medicine in excess is to take poison in effect. [172] The truly ignorant assume they already know…

[161] There is no need to forget unhappy memories, as to forget them means to forget lessons learnt too. What…

[151] Condemnation without explanation will be seen or understood as complaining without reasoning. [152] The Buddhas’ virtues and powers fulfil…

[141] Those with truths to share are open to discussion, leading to clarification. Those with secrets to hide are closed to…

[131] We are but pulses of impulses. [132] It is simply ridiculous to simply think what you do not understand…

[121] 富贵学道难， 故请勿羡慕。 羡慕学道难， 故请勿羡慕。 Wealth and honour make learning the Dharma difficult [due to greater tendency to be spiritually…

[111] It is not easy to begin doing what is right. It is less easy to continue doing what is…

[101] Not counting your blessings now means counting your regrets later. [102] Make a difference to the world even if…

[91] Compassion expressed without wisdom is merely emotion, that can prove too warm. Wisdom expressed without compassion is merely reason, that…

[81] True freedom is to be free from being trapped by attachment, aversion and delusion. [82] Aspire to attain the truest…

[71] The more unquestionable someone or some matter is said or positioned to be, the more questionable it is. [72] Complacence to…

[61] What arising from greed, hatred and delusion is evil. What arising from generosity, compassion and wisdom is good. [62] The more…

[51] The depth of a relationship is in the amount of communication. The value of a relationship is in the worth…

[41] Question especially those who position themselves to be beyond questioning, to know if they are really so. [42] Deification of humans…

[31] If your so-called enemy ‘made’ you bitter, you have lost. If your so-called enemy ‘made’ you better, you have won….

[21] If you only count your ‘cursings’, you will never be happy. If you only count your blessings, you will never…

[11] Fools cling to the useless as precious. Fools discard the precious as useless. [12] Old friends are often the very ones…

[1] Even if veganism might seem secondary to some humans, it is always primary to all animals. [2] No one…

菩萨可期望不可绝望。 菩萨可希望不可失望。 Bodhisattvas can hope and not become hopeless. Bodhisattvas can hope but not become disappointed. – Stonepeace | Get…

《楞伽经》: 如愚见指月 观指不观月 计着名字者 不见我真实 Lankavatara Sutra: As the foolish see the finger pointing at the moon, contemplating the finger…