Sometimes I think detachment is a blessing, sometimes a curse. Then I realize I'm not being detached in that moment and let go.

The possessions themselves were not the problem, it was my relationship with possessing.

The only thing you will ever possess is yourself, and that only briefly, if at all.

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

Purity or impurity depends on oneself,
No one can purify another.

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.