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Men Quotes by Gautama Buddha

101 Men quotes by Gautama Buddha

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An ox growing in size appears in Buddha’s words about men who expand without gaining wisdom. He warns that chasing senses, even with a shower of money, brings suffering, and he praises compassion and industrious effort as true sources of luck. The quotes contrast foolishness with the steady strength of a wise man.

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Let a man overcome anger by love.

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Conquer the angry man by love.

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Man should make himself a lot of good karma.

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If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.

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The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.

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A truly wise man does not play leapfrog with a unicorn.

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Destroy the man of wicked thoughts, Like a bamboo-tree with its fruit.

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The wind cannot shake a mountain. Neither praise nor blame moves the wise man.

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Journey over, sorrowless, freed in every way, and with all bonds broken - for such a man there is no more distress.

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It is impossible for a man who is bogged to extricate another who is bogged.

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Death carries off a man busy picking flowers with an besotted mind, like a great flood does a sleeping village.

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If one man kills a hundred men, and another man masters himself, the second man is the much greater warrior.

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Full of love for all things in the world, practicing virtue, in order to benefit others, this man alone is happy.

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It is the fool who is haunted by fears, dread of dangers, oppression of mind, not the wise man.

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Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is…

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If a man should conquer in battle a thousand and a thousand more, and another should conquer himself, his would be the…

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The world is a looking glass. It gives back to every man a true reflection of his own thoughts. Rule your mind…

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If a man's thoughts are muddy, If he is reckless and full of deceit, How can he wear the yellow robe? Whoever…

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Wonder of wonders! Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, endowed with wisdom and virtue, but because men's minds have become inverted through…

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Though through all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he yet understands not the Dharma, as the spoon, the…

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Though he should conquer a thousand men in the battlefield a thousand times, yet he, indeed, who would conquer himself is the…

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Careful amidst the careless, amongst the sleeping wide-awake, the intelligent man leaves them all behind, like a race-horse does a mere hack.

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Men are tied up to their families and possessions more helplessly than in a prison. There is an occasion for the prisoner…

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All that we are is the result of what we have thought; it is founded on our thoughts; it is made up…

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Freed by full realization and at peace, the mind of such a man is at peace, and his speech and action peaceful.…

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How can a troubled mind Understand the way? If a man is disturbed He will never be filled with knowledge. An untroubled…

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What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is…

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Buddha was speaking in a village square one day, when one of the inhabitants started to abuse him. Buddha paused and said…

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Don't believe a teaching just because you've heard it from a man who's supposed to be holy, or because it's contained in…

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Be quick to do good. If you are slow, The mind, delighting in mischief, Will catch you. Turn away from mischief. Again…

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When a man is stimulated by his own thoughts, full of desire and dwelling on what is attractive, his craving increases even…

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You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger... Let a man overcome anger by love.

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If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

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If a man does what is good, let him do it again; let him delight in it; happiness is the outcome of…

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If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.

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I call wise man who, while he is innocent , endures insults and blows with a patience equal to its strength.

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If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.

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An ignorant man ages like an ox. His flesh may increase, but not his understanding.

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A fool learns nothing from a wise man; but a wise man learns from a fool.

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When one sees that everything exists as an illusion, one can live in a higher sphere than ordinary man.

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Watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings.

One is not low because of birth nor does birth make one holy. Deeds alone make one low, deeds alone make one holy.

He who causes suffering shall suffer. There is no escape.

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