In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

You can make a new friend but you can't make an old one.

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking.

The essence of the Way is detachment.

As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.

Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.

Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.

The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.

To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.

All phenomena are empty.

Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.

Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.

If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.

Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.

Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.

Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.