Offend in neither word nor deed. Eat with moderation. Live in your heart. Seek the highest consciousness. Master yourself according to the law. This is the simple teaching of the awakened. ~Buddha
Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness. ~Buddha
As a bee gathering nectar does not harm or disturb the color and fragrance of the flower; so do the wise move through the world. ~Buddha
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. ~Lao Tzu
When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything. When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything. ~Shunryu Suzuki
Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. ~Alan Watts
The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting. ~Confucius
One loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them. ~Masanobu Fukuoka
The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands. ~Robert M. Pirsig (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance)
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. ~Bruce Lee
