Famous Quotes

"From the Son of Heaven on down to commoners, all without exception should regard self-cultivation as the root."

"...and those with him are forceful against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves."

"I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world."

"A man who is not good, what can he have to do with ritual?"

"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."

"Let us make man in our image, after our likeness."

"What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others."

"He who loves 50 people has 50 woes. He who loves no one has no woes."

"If we don't know life, how can we know death?"

"For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her...covers his garment with violence."

"I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand."

"and they will be honoured in gardens of pleasure."

"For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved."

"Surely, proper behaviour towards parents and elder brothers is the trunk of goodness?"

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

"As for those who believed and did righteous deeds, for them will be the Gardens of Refuge..."

"...and those who believe and do righteous deeds will have forgiveness and great reward."

"Without health, life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering--an image of death."

"That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,"

"...when you divorce women, divorce them for their waiting period and keep count of the waiting period..."