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

Seize opportunity when it arises, create it when it doesn't exist; but when the time is not ripe, don't take unnecessary action. - Master Sheng Yen

The three acts of success: accord with causes and conditions, act decisively when they arise, shape the future. -Master Sheng Yen

Be at ease in all encounters; give of yourself, as conditions permit. - Master Sheng Yen

Work hard and others may resent you, take up a task and risk criticism; compassion lies within harsh words, treasure buried deep within criticism. - Master Sheng Yen

Don't measure success and failure by wealth or poverty; work only to benefit yourself and others with all your heart and strength. - Master Sheng Yen

Finish your work quickly, but in an orderly manner; don't become nervous trying to compete with time itself. - Master Sheng Yen

Work quickly, not anxiously; mind and body relaxed and unbound. - Master Sheng Yen

Busy? No matter. No vexation. All is well. - Master Sheng Yen

Be happy being busy! Even when you're tired, be joyful. - Master Sheng Yen

Busy but not in disarray; tired but not worn out. - Master Sheng Yen

Be solid and forthright; have a great open heart; be sure and steady in accomplishment, with vision penetrating and far-reaching. - Master Sheng Yen

Only after you encounter affliction and adversity will you summon the mind of diligence. - Master Sheng Yen