Master Sheng-yen

Look in my eyes right now – you see no sunken place.

The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.

At the still-point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.

Impossible is just an opinion.

You can’t live principals you can’t understand.

People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things – to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.

Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.

Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission.

Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream another dream.

You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things to compete. You can just be an ordinary person, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.

When I became proficient as a salesman I was invited to teach new hires.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.