If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.
(Dhammapada, verse 313)
(Dhammapada, verse 313)
It is easy to see the faults of others, but difficult to see one’s own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one’s own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice.
(Dhammapada, verse 252)
(Dhammapada, verse 252)
People with opinions just go around bothering each other.
(Sutta Nipata, Magandiya Sutta)
(Sutta Nipata, Magandiya Sutta)
Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.
(Dhammapada, verse 223)
(Dhammapada, verse 223)
By oneself is evil done; by oneself is one defiled. By oneself is evil left undone; by oneself is one made pure. Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.
(Dhammapada)
(Dhammapada)
Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.
(Dhammapada)
(Dhammapada)
Like a lovely flower full of color but lacking in fragrance, are the words of those who do not practice what they teach.
(Dhammapada)
(Dhammapada)
Dharma is not upheld by talking about it. Dharma is upheld by living in harmony with it...
(Dhammapada)
(Dhammapada)
If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.
(Dhammapada)
(Dhammapada)