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Truth Quotes by Gautama Buddha

58 Truth quotes by Gautama Buddha

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A reminder to keep body and mouth calm so they serve truth urges mastery over anger. The quotes say speaking unpleasant truth is better than lying, that truth should be held inside oneself, and that health comes from living the present wisely. They also warn that clinging to a single truth can block new insight.

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Conquer a liar with truth.

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See the truth, and you will see me.

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Anyone who is not working toward the truth is missing the whole point of living.

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Better is to speak unpleasant truth than to tell lies.

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Hatred does not cease in this world by hating, but by not hating; this is an eternal truth.

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There are three things that cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth.

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Stop, stop. Do not speak. The ultimate truth is not even to think.

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Never by hatred is hatred appeased, but it is appeased by kindness. This is an eternal truth.

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Be lamps unto yourselves; be your own confidence. Hold truth within yourselves.

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Beware of the anger of the mouth. Master your words. Let them serve truth.

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Perfect wisdom, Perfect tranquility,Perfect compassion,arise fromOur love,Our sincerity.Our understanding.

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Those who recognize the existence of suffering, its cause, its remedy, and its cessation, have fathomed the four noble truths. They will…

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Be a lamp to yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold on to the truth within yourself as to the only truth.

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Sometime, somewhere you take something to be the truth. But if you cling to it too strongly, then even when the truth…

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Even if a fool lived with a wise man all his life, he would still not recognise the truth, like a wooden…

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Be your own lamps. Be your own shelters. Hang on to the truth as a lamp. Hang on to the truth as…

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After much seeking for truth and knowledge the profoundness of reality came to me with a clarity never before known.

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The gift of the Truth beats all other gifts. The flavour of the Truth beats all other tastes. The joy of the…

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Do not accept anything simply because it has been said by your teacher, or because it has been written in your sacred…

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“If a person has faith, Bhāradvāja, he preserves truth when he says: 'My faith is thus'; but he does not yet come…

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Beware of the anger of the body. Master the body. Let it serve truth. Beware of the anger of the mouth. Master…

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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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There is nothing like lust. Lust may be said to be the most powerful passion. Fortunately, we have but one thing which…

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Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just…

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All the holy words you read and all the holy words you speak are as nothing if you do not act upon…

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The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future,…

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Be lamps unto yourselves. Be refuges unto yourselves. Take yourself no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold…

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But if you miss it, you will next be confronted with the angry deities, ... threatening you and barring your passage ...…

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Look not for refuge to anyone beside yourself. Heed fast to the truth as a lamp.

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They who imagine truth in untruth and see untruth in truth will never arrive at the truth.

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I will teach you the Truth and the Path leading to the Truth.

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Inner freedom is not guided by our efforts; it comes from seeing what is true.

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The worlds originate so that truth may come and dwell therein.

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Truth is always truth, untruth is always untruth. This is what matters, this is right desire.

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In his ignorance of the whole truth, each person maintains his own arrogant point of view.

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Rather than continuing to seek the truth, simply let go of your views.

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Follow the truth of the way. Reflect upon it. Make it your own. Live it. It will always sustain you.

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The true master lives in truth, in goodness and restraint, non-violence, moderation, and purity.

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Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.

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Conquer anger by love, evil by good; Conquer the miser with liberality, and the liar with truth.

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