Let words reflect deeds! Let a true mind speak true words. Let a good heart speak good words. This is true eloquence. - Master Sheng Yen

Happiness does not derive from how famous you are or how much money you have; rather it is a measure of inner peace and contentment with few desires. - Master Sheng Yen

If you put your "self" in everything, then you have problems and trouble. Remove " self" concern with gain and loss and you will achieve liberation. - Master Sheng Yen

If you can cherish causes and conditions as they transpire from moment to moment, then each moment is unique. - Master Sheng Yen

With no greed and no grasping, you can maintain your dignity and be unaffected by others. - Master Sheng Yen

Once the dust from a catastrophe has settled, you reach a critical point where positive thinking can begin and important lessons can be learned. - Master Sheng Yen

Nothing around you is either good or bad, but seems so according to how you look at it. - Master Sheng Yen

Don't measure yourself as high or low in comparison to others. Just work with all your heart and mind. - Master Sheng Yen

In approaching a method of meditation, once you can pick it up, you can begin to exercise effort. With effort you can put down your thoughts. Progress lies within this picking up and putting down. - Master Sheng Yen

If you truly let go of everything, then you can encompass everything and everything becomes yours. - Master Sheng Yen

Do not care about what is past or in the future, good or bad. It is best to care only about what is present. - Master Sheng Yen

Rather than fighting for something you cannot get, it is better to cherish and use what you already have. - Master Sheng Yen

It is all right to express feelings in handling personal affairs, but you must use a principled approach in public matters. - Master Sheng Yen

The first important task in life is to learn to be a good and useful person. Work with all your heart and mind to the best of your ability, according to what is required of you. Master Sheng Yen

People usually have no insight into themselves and consequently cause themselves unnecessary trouble. - Master Sheng Yen

Let the doctor care for your disease. Let the bodhisattva care for your life. Once you do this you will become a healthy person with no worries. - Master Sheng Yen