Buddha Quotes

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

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In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

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To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

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The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

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Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

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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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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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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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Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.

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Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

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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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What we think, we become.

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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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You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

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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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Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

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Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

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Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

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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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Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

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He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.

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However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

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Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

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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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Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

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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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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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It is better to travel well than to arrive.

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