He is able who thinks he is able.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost.

Wish I am free from barriers when I die, and Buddha will welcome me from far away. - Buddha

Thousands upon thousands of lights is inferior to a light of heart.

It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to guard against misfortunes from the external world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled.