Buddha Quotes
“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.”
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“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.”
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“The root of suffering is attachment.”
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“Nothing is forever except change.”
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“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
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“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do to you if you do not act on upon them!”
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“Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.”
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“To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”
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“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”
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“It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.”
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“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”
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“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
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“He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.”
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“To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.”
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“The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.”
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“When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.”
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“An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.”
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“Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.”
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“To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.”
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“Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.”
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“There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.”
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“The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.”
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“You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.”
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“Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.”
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“It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.”
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“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
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“An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.”
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“To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.”
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“Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.”
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“Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.”
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“The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.”
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“The tongue like a sharp knife … Kills without drawing blood.”
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“In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.”
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“Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.”
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“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”
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“I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.”
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