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Birth Quotes by Gautama Buddha
- And he who has considered all the contrasts on this earth, and is no more disturbed by anything whatever in the world, the Peaceful One,…
- Whoever makes love grow boundless, and sets his mind for seeing the end of birth, his fetters are worn thin. If he loves even a…
- This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of…
- Let go the past, let go the future, and let go the present (front, back, middle). Crossing to the farther shore of existence, with mind…
- Just as one can make a lot of garlands from a heap of flowers, so man, subject to birth and death as he is, should…
- Winning gives birth to hostility Losing, one lies down in pain. The calmed lie down with ease, having set winning and losing aside.
- One is not low because of birth nor does birth make one holy. Deeds alone make one low, deeds alone make one holy.
- As long as one feels that he is the doer, he cannot escape from the wheel of births.
- For all mortals, birth is suffering, ageing is suffering, sickness is suffering.
- Why since I am myself subject to birth, ageing, disease, death, sorrows and defilement, do I seek after what is also subject to these things?…
- Seeking but not finding the house builder I travelled through life after life. How painful is repeated birth! House-builders, you have now been seen. You…
- It is better to spend one day contemplating the birth and death of all things than a hundred years never contemplating beginnings and endings.
- What is the noble truth of suffering? Birth is suffering, ageing is suffering and sorrow and lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering.
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- There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it. — James A. Baldwin
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- Birth control that really works - every night before we go to bed we spend an hour with our kids. — Roseanne Barr
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- They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more. — Samuel Beckett
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