“When you start with a necessary evil, and then over time the necessity passes away, what's left?”

“Doubtless there are times when controversy becomes a necessary evil. But let us remember that it is an evil.”

“I'm open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.”

“Do you think that I count the days? There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.”

“Anger and hatred, when left unfed, bleed away like air from a punctured tire, over time and days and years. Forgiveness is stealth.”

“When time passes, it's the people who knew you whom you want to see; they're the ones you can talk to. When enough time passes, what's it matter what they did to you?”

“The good suffer, the evil flourish, and all that is mortal passes away.”

“Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty.”

“There’s no time, no time!
There’s no time to rest!
When suddenly death is upon
you, what will you do?
Now you’d better start practicing
the sublime Dharma right away;
Now, quick, hurry-recite the six-syllable mantra.”

“Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”