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