Reasons for Giving
"There are, O monks, eight reasons for giving. What eight? People may give out of affection; or in an angry mood; or out of stupidity; or out of fear; or with the thought: 'Such gifts have been given before by my father and grandfather and it was done by them before; hence it would be unworthy of me to give up this old family tradition'; or with the thought, 'By giviing this gift, I shall be reborn in a good destination, in a heavenly world, after death'; or with the thought, 'When giving this gift, my heart will be glad, and happiness and joy will arise in me'; or one gives because it ennobles and adorns the mind."

(AN 8.33; IV 236-37)
'In the Buddha's Words' by Bhikkhu Bodhi 
Where there is uprightness, wisdom is there, and where there is wisdom, uprightness is there. To the upright there is wisdom, to the wise there is uprightness, and wisdom and goodness are declared to be the best things in the world.

Digha Nikaya IV - 124
Dispel all pretenses and smile
In a composed and tranquil manner.
Be respectful, wholesome, and sincere
As if the Buddha were standing before you.

- Venerable Master Jen-Chun
(Bodhi Monastery)
What I am unable to accomplish in this lifetime, I vow to push forward through countless future lives; What I am unable to accomplish personally, I pray for everyone to join forces to promote
Busy with nothing, growing old.
  Within emptiness, weeping, laughing.
  Intrinsically, there is no "I."
  Life and death, thus cast aside. ~ Late Venerable Master Sheng Yen

                                         Click here to read more about Late Ven. Master Sheng Yen.

    Good can be easily done by the good;
           Good is not easily done by the bad.
                       Evil is easily done by the bad;
                            Noble ones cannot do evil deeds.

                                                                      ---- The Buddha

    When you are trained as a Buddhist, you don't think of Buddhism as a religion. You think of it as a type of science, a method of exploring your own experience through techniques that enable you to examine your actions and reactions in a nonjudgemental way, with a view toward recognizing, "Oh, this is how my mind works. This is what I need to do to experience happiness. This is what I should do to avoid unhappiness."
                           (Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, The Joy of Living.)
    "Who does not want to suffer
                    Should do no evil deeds
                                 Openly or in secret.
         Do evil now, then later,
             Try though you may to flee it,
                          Yet surely you will suffer. - The Buddha

                                                                                  (Page 179 "The Life of the Buddha" by Bhikkhu Nanamoli)