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> [To awaken, sit calmly, letting each breath clear your mind and open your heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/to-awaken-sit-calmly-letting-each-breath-clear-your-mind-and-open/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

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> [Those who awaken never rest in one place. Like swans, they rise and leave the lake. On the air they rise and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/those-who-awaken-never-rest-in-one-place-like-swans-they-rise-and/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

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> [Overcome your uncertainties and free yourself from dwelling on sorrow. When you delight in existence, you will awaken, and become a guide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/overcome-your-uncertainties-and-free-yourself-from-dwelling-on-sorrow/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

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> [There is only one time when it is essential to awaken. That time is now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/there-is-only-one-time-when-it-is-essential-to-awaken-that-time-is-now/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

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## Other authors on Awaken

## More by Gautama Buddha

> [Before you've seen it, and when you first see it, it is the greatest thing; afterwards, it is ordinary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/before-you-ve-seen-it-and-when-you-first-see-it-it-is-the-greatest/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

> [One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the Messiah?" "No," answered Buddha. "Then are you a healer?" "No," Buddha replied. "Then are you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/one-of-his-students-asked-buddha-are-you-the-messiah-no-answered/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

> [Give thanks for what had been given to you, However little. Be pure, never falter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/give-thanks-for-what-had-been-given-to-you-however-little-be-pure/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

> [For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/for-fear-of-causing-terror-to-living-beings-mahamati-let-the/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

> [Be lamps unto yourselves. Be refuges unto yourselves. Take yourself no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/be-lamps-unto-yourselves-be-refuges-unto-yourselves-take-yourself-no/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

> [Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/speak-only-the-speech-that-neither-torments-self-nor-does-harm-to/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

> [Pain is the outcome of sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/pain-is-the-outcome-of-sin/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

> [It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/it-is-because-i-perceive-the-danger-in-the-practice-of-mystic-wonders/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

> [So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/so-too-monks-i-saw-the-ancient-path-the-ancient-road-traveled-by-the/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

> [If one is the master of oneself, one is the resort one can depend on; therefore, one should control oneself of all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/if-one-is-the-master-of-oneself-one-is-the-resort-one-can-depend-on/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

> [Watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/watch-the-thought-and-its-ways-with-care-and-let-it-spring-from-love/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

> [One is not low because of birth nor does birth make one holy. Deeds alone make one low, deeds alone make one holy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/one-is-not-low-because-of-birth-nor-does-birth-make-one-holy-deeds/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

> [He who causes suffering shall suffer. There is no escape.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/he-who-causes-suffering-shall-suffer-there-is-no-escape/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

> [If a person does not harm any living being...and does not kill or cause others to kill - that person is a true spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/if-a-person-does-not-harm-any-living-being-and-does-not-kill-or-cause/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

> [The fool says, "These are my sons, this is my land, this is my money." In reality, the fool does not own himself, much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/the-fool-says-these-are-my-sons-this-is-my-land-this-is-my-money-in/)

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