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Buddha Quotes

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. - Buddha

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

– Buddha

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

– Buddha

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.

– Buddha

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

– Buddha

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

– Buddha

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.

– Buddha

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

– Buddha

A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.

– Buddha

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.

– Buddha

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

– Buddha

He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.

– Buddha

Better than worshiping gods is obedience to the laws of righteousness.

– Buddha

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.

– Buddha

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

– Buddha

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

– Buddha

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

– Buddha

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What’s the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?

– Buddha

Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.

– Buddha

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

– Buddha

Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance of fruits. But alms given to those who are yet under the tyrannical yoke of the passions are like seed deposited in a bad soil. The passions of the receiver of the alms choke, as it were, the growth of merits.

– Buddha

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

– Buddha

It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

– Buddha

A jug fills drop by drop.

– Buddha

To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

– Buddha

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

– Buddha

Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.

– Buddha

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

– Buddha

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

– Buddha

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

– Buddha

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.

– Buddha

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