Buddha Quotes

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• The mind is everything. What you think you become.
• You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
• No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
• To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
• 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…
• A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.
• He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes. Buddha
• I understand with love comes pain, but why did I have to love so much?
• Love lasts when the relationship comes first.
• His success may be great, but be it ever so great the wheel of fortune may turn again and bring him down into the dust
• Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being…
• Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.…
• On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will find even one single thought of serene faith,…
• Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the double path of gain and loss thus…
• We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows…
• Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to…
• He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything…
• What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of…
• Life is suffering.
• Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.

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