The best things in life are nearest:
Breath in your nostrils,

light in your eyes, flowers at your feet,
the path of right just before you.
Then do not grasp at the stars,
but do life's plain, common work as it comes,
certain that daily duties and daily bread
are the sweetest things in life.


If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion.


A good character is the best tombstone.
Those who loved you and were helped by you will
They remember you, when forget-me-nots have withered.
Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.