Lachlan Brown Quotes

“Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.”

“Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.”

“If a man speak or act with a good thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.”

“Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.”

“Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.”

“Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.”

“There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.”

“Pain is certain, suffering is optional.”

“The root of suffering is attachment.”

“Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it.”

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.”