In calmness and tranquility make good use of this wondrous day! Tomorrow will shine! - Master Sheng Yen

You have a particular role and responsibility in life; act accordingly. - Master Sheng Yen

The superior settle their minds upon the Way; the average busy themselves with day to day living; the small-minded pursue fame, fortune and desire. - Master Sheng Yen

Great accomplishment - complete humility; big ego - great insecurity.- Master Sheng Yeng

There is no need to dwell in the past, no necessity to worry about the future: the enduring present holds both past and future. - Master Sheng Yen

The past is an illusion; the future, a dream; the present, essential. - Master Sheng Yen

The value of life is not in duration but in contribution. - Master Sheng Yen

The aim of life is to receive karmic retribution, fulfill vows, and make new ones. - Master Sheng Yen

The meaning of life lies in serving; the value of life in giving. - Master Sheng Yen

Help others with strength of mind and body, with wealth and wisdom - always and everywhere with a thankful mind. - Master Sheng Yen

Serve others with a mind of gratitude and reciprocity and you will be neither tired nor weary. - Master Sheng Yen

Pressure usually comes from too much concern with what we encounter around us as well as how people judge us. - Master Sheng Yen

Serve others with a mind of gratitude and reciprocity and you will be neither tired nor weary. - Master Sheng Yen

The noble one suffers mistreatment willingly; the fool is humiliated by what he suffers. - Master Sheng Yen

Making life easier for others is making your life easier for yourself. - Master Sheng Yen

Boat passes, wake disappears; bird flies, shadow departs. Gain or lose, succeed or fail - emotions do not stir: this is the great wisdom of freedom and liberation. - Master Sheng Yen

True diligence doesn't mean placing your life at risk. It is simply unwavering persistence. - Master Sheng Yen

Can't move the mountain? Build a road! Road blocked? Start climbing! Can't climb? Shift mind! - Master Sheng Yen

Big duck swims, big wake; little duck swims, little wake. No duck in the water? No wake at all. - Master Sheng Yen

An ordinary mind bends to circumstances; a sage mind transforms circumstances. - Master Sheng Yen

Face whatever is in front of you, act with wisdom, treat people with compassion; forget benefit, harm, gain, and loss, and vexations will diminish. - Master Sheng Yen

Deep wisdom, great compassion: few vexations. - Master Sheng Yen

When you are off balance, always right yourself with wisdom, everywhere you go, use compassion to make life easy for others. - Master Sheng Yen

Do what you have to do with wisdom; treat people with care and compassion. - Master Sheng Yen

Life's ups and downs are the stuff of growth and development. - Master Sheng Yen