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