"Four misfortunes befall a heedless man who commits……" — Buddha
"Four misfortunes befall a heedless man who commits adultery: acquisition of demerit, disturbed sleep, thirdly blame, and fourthly a state of woe."
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90 Quotes by Buddha
Buddha has 90 quotes on this site.
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He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be…
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I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another…
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Of those beings who live in ignorance, shut up and confined, as it were, in an egg, I have first…
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A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even…
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Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields…
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With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let…
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We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you…
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The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
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Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.
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In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving…
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It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be…
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More Acquisition Quotes
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To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the…
— Jane Austen
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It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen…
— John Cage
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The sweetest type of heaven is home - nay, heaven is the home for whose acquisition we are to strive…
— J. G. Holland
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All the acquisitions or losses wrought by nature on individuals, through the influence of the environment in which their race…
— Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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Working is beautiful and rewarding, but acquisition of wealth for its own sake is disgusting.
— Robert Bunsen
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The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Businesses once grew by one of two ways; grass roots up, or by acquisition... Today businesses grow through alliances -…
— Peter Drucker
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The essence of intercultural education is the acquisition of empathy-the ability to see the world as others see it, and…
— J. William Fulbright
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Arts, crafts and sciences uplift the world of being, and are conducive to its exaltation. Knowledge is as wings to…
— Bahá'u'lláh
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The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of…
— William James
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If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples; if it be unfamiliar, make it figure as…
— William James
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Learning is more than the acquisition of the ability to think; it is the acquisition of many specialized abilities for…
— Lev S. Vygotsky
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