Buddham Saranam Gacchaami

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers,
      but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain,
      but for the heart to conquer it.
Let me not look to allies in life's battlefied,
      but to my own strengths.
Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved,
      but hope for patience to win my freedom.
                          ----Bodhisattva


We are what we think;
All that we are arises with our thoughts;
With our thoughts we make the world.
Speak or act with a pure mind
And happiness will follow you
As your shadow unshakeable.
---Buddha