Know clearly that an unsettled mind is trouble. Right then and there – recite "Homage to Guan Yin, Bodhisattva Avalokitesavara” to calm your mind. - Master Sheng Yen

True suffering is a mind without peace or calm. Physical pain and illness are not necessarily suffering. - Master Sheng Yen

Having few desires bring riches without worry. - Master Sheng Yen

We love to grasp what we love and reject what we dislike; gain and loss, gain and loss - vexations are sure to come. - Master Sheng Yen

Insight comes from wisdom; good fortune, from merit. - Master Sheng Yen

Stop the litter, clutter and garbage! Always clean up and pick up what you can. These are virtuous acts. - Master Sheng Yen

A couple's relationship should be based on mutual respect, not argument. - Master Sheng Yen

To truly love your children, give them your blessings rather than burden them with your worry! - Master Sheng Yen

With teenagers: use care, not worry; guidance, not control; communication, not authority. - Master Sheng Yen

Every child is a little bodhisattva that helps his or her parents grow. - Master Sheng Yen

Death is neither a happy event nor a cause for mourning, but a call to practice our faith seriously. - Master Sheng Yen

Three principles to transcend death: don't seek it, don't fear it, don't wait for it. - Master Sheng Yen

Three principles to transcend the suffering of birth, sickness and old age: a happy life, a healthy attitude towards sickness, hope in old age. - Master Sheng Yen

A bodhisattva saves others from hardship and suffering; a great bodhisattva takes on hardship and suffering itself. - Master Sheng Yen

Even with a single breath remaining, hope is unlimited, and that is untold wealth. - Master Sheng Yen

Live life this way: the best plan anticipates the worst scenario. - Master Sheng Yen

Wealth is like flowing water, and giving like the digging of a well. Dig deeper and more water flows in; give more and wealth multiplies. - Master Sheng Yen

Worry causes needless injury! Mindfulness brings security. - Master Sheng Yen

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 Yen

Wisdom is not simply knowledge, nor experience, nor idle speculation; it is an attitude that transcends self-centeredness. - Master Sheng Yen

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