水深千丈終見底，山高萬里海中昇。 Even the deepest ocean is not bottomless, even the tallest mountain has a base, everything great starts small. - Master Sheng Yen

教育為千秋大業，賢能乃百代楷模。 Education is an undertaking that will have impact for a thousand years, morality is a lodestar that will shine for a hundred generations. - Master Sheng Yen

青山綠水廣長舌，鳥語花香說妙法。 The green mountains and bubbling streams, the chirping birds and fragrant flowers -- everything around you can be an eloquent Dharma teacher if you know where to look. - Master Sheng Yen

天上人間樂與苦，自心造作自身受。Happiness and suffering are both created by one's own mind. - Master Sheng Yen

河山猶在，景物遷移；日月長運，人事全非。 As time goes by, one sees that nothing escapes the law of impermanence. - Master Sheng Yen

煩惱即菩提，並不是說沒有煩惱，而是雖然有煩惱， 但是你不以它為煩惱。 Vexation is bodhi, but that doesn't mean there is no vexation. Vexations exist, but don't see them as vexations. - Master Sheng Yen

駕行般若船苦海普渡，常登涅槃山心性不動。 Command the ship of prajna, wisdom, and help those on the sea of suffering; climb the mountain of nirvana and keep one's mind unperturbed. - Master Sheng Yen