We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young sow wild oats. The old grow sage.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.

The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?

Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold.

The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.