"What is the world? It is a fleeting show, a transient dream. What is life? It is a momentary flash, a passing shadow."

"A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise."

"I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done."

"The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast."

"The Enlightened One is deep, boundless, hard to fathom, like the ocean."