“We who are like senseless children shrink from suffering, but love its causes. We hurt ourselves; our pain is self-inflicted! Why should others be the object of our anger?”Šantidéva
“All the suffering there is in this world arises from wishing our self to be happy. All the happiness there is in this world arises from wishing others to be happy.”Šantidéva
“For as long as space remainsAnd as long as sentient beings remainUntil then may I too remainTo dispel the suffering of all beings.”Šantidéva Attributed
“Suffering is transcended by total surrenderAnd the mind attains to nirvana.As one day all must be given up,Why not dedicate it now to universal happiness?”Šantidéva Bodhicaryavatara
“His the knife, and mine the bodythe twofold cause of suffering.He has grasped the knife, I my body.At which is there anger?”Šantidéva Bodhicaryavatara