Intention

Intention is the karma of the mind.

-– Gunaprabha, The Treasury of Abhidharma

In absolute terms

In absolute terms, each moment of experience is empty of a difference in nature of perceiver and perceived. Rather than regarding consciousness merely as the seeing or observing aspect of a moment of experience, it is also the content of that experience.

-- Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness

The mistaken ideas about the essence

The mistaken ideas about the essence arise from fixated attachment that solidifies the present mind as being negative. You believe that noble and positive wisdom will be attained only if present mind is relinquished. This is a mistaken idea in the Mahamudra tradition, because there is no wisdom higher than present mind itself.

--Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Introduction to HH the IX Karmapa's Ocean of Definitive Meaning

Fear of basic space

In constant work to fill all spaces, or in constant busyness with work, one is seeking to fill time with work out of fear of basic space. This need of work and constant speed is a neurotic process. The opposite reaction, refusing and resisting work is a refusal to associate with the practical matters of life, and is fundamentally a blind negativistic approach to work.

--Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, The Heart of the Buddha

Ego-hood

Ego-hood is the state of mind in which you are either repelled or attracted to the phenomenal world. What you would like to see depends on your mentality, on what you think is desirable in order to maintain your “I am-ness,” your “me-ness.”

--Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, The Heart of the Buddha

Like birds landing on a tree top together

Like birds landing on a tree top together, and then dispersing, we are together for a very short time, so it makes sense to live in harmony, in unconditional friendship.

-- Bokar Rinpoche

To protect the mind of another

To protect the mind of another, avoid all conflict and always have patience. Do not be a flatterer or fickle, but always be capable of remaining steadfast.

--Dipamkara Shrijnana's The Bodhisattvamaniavali - The Jewel Rosary Of An Awakening Warrior

--From the book: Advice From A Spiritual Friend by Geshe Rabten and Geshe Dhargyey, Wisdom Publications

You might "kil time"

You might “kill time” walking, moving, sleeping, or sitting: ineffectual acts which are neither wholesome nor harmful, and which mature into neither good not bad experiences. But since such actions simply waste this human life, instead of throwing your ability away in idle amusements, make a conscious effort to devote your time exclusively to wholesome action.

--Jamgon Kongtrul, The Torch of Certainty

Abandon misleading friends

When seeing your master or teacher perform services with respect.
Towards a person having the eye of doctrine and towards sentient beings who are beginners develop the recognition of them as teachers.
When seeing any sentient beings, develop the recognition of them as parents and children. Abandon misleading friends and rely on virtuous spiritual companions.
--Dipamkara Shrijnana's The Bodhisattvamaniavali - The Jewel Rosary Of An Awakening Warrior --From the book: Advice From A Spiritual Friend by Geshe Rabten and Geshe Dhargyey, Wisdom Publications

Abandon all doubts

Abandon all doubts and cherish exertion for accomplishing the practice. Abandon sleepiness, dullness and lazyness and always exert enthusiastic effort.
--Dipamkara Shrijnana, From: The Bodhisattvamaniavali - The Jewel Rosary Of An Awakening Warrior