The wise man takes great care to guard his thoughts. They are very subtle,
very difficult to perceive and slip out of control at the tinniest
opportunity. A well guarded mind brings happiness.
The earnest person is like fire. Fire burns away everything big or small.
The Greatest man and the smallest are equally consumed by fire. The fire of
earnestness demolishes all the vanities, passions and terrors of life.
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think.
When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring
peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man
can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom
and virtue will naturally come to him.
Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon,
come out from behind the clouds! Shine.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or
acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a
pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
Let the wise guard their thoughts, which are difficult to perceive,
extremely subtle, and wander at will. Thought which is well guarded is the
bearer of happiness.
If you keep thinking of all the way in which others cheated you, fought with
you, degraded you or angered you, your heart will forever be full of hatred.
Learn to let go, and be happy.
He who is seeking his own happiness and who punishes those who also long for
happiness is running after a chimera. No happiness shall come his way for
having destroyed that of others..
The wise man knows that the earnestness is the most beautiful jewel in his
crown. His happiness is not marred. It is the only jewel which gains in
beauty with every passing day, where diamonds and rubies lose their gloss
with every passing day.
The good man should not tire of his good deeds. Till their fruit ripens, he
may have to suffer bad times. But once the good deeds ripen, his life is
suffused with happiness.
Though a man may strive, a knowledge will not be perfect while fear and
worries cloud his mind. While perplexity robs his mind of peace, his
knowledge will not forth the perfume of happiness.
If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave
aside the lesser to gain the greater.
If you light a lamp for someone else it will also brighten your path.
