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. Buddha on health
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. Buddha on idleness
If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure. Buddha on purity
Let no sleep fall upon thy eyes till thou hast thrice re- viewed the transactions of the past day. Where have I turn-ed aside from rectitude? What have I been doing? What haveI left undone, which I ought to have done? Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good. Buddha on reflection
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill. Buddha on speech
All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else. Buddha on unity
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. Buddha on virtue
I was always an early riser. Happy the man who is! Every morning day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and freshness. The youth of nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child. Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton on age
Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read. Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton on books
Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few. Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton on chance
Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many. Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton on enemy
Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best. Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton on happiness
In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern. Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton on literature
Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own. Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton on truth
First must give place to last, because last must have his time to come; but last gives place to nothing, for there is not another to succeed. Bunyan on success
Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist. Edmund Burke on freedom
The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time. Edmund Burke on grief
The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers - these are the masters of victory. Edmund Burke on perseverance