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Craving and desire are the cause of all unhappiness. Everything sooner or later must change, so do not become attached to anything. Instead devote... — Gautama Buddha
I, ever knowing the living beings Who tread the Path and those who do not In response to those who may be saved Preach to… — Gautama Buddha
The Buddhas, the World-Honored Ones, for one great cause alone appear in the world. The Buddhas, the World-Honored Ones, appear in the world because they… — Gautama Buddha
And for a disciple thus freed, in whose heart dwells peace, there is nothing to be added to what has been done, and naught more… — Gautama Buddha
It is our very search for perfection outside of ourselves that causes suffering. — Gautama Buddha
He who causes suffering shall suffer. There is no escape. — Gautama Buddha
It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness that makes it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the pain of suffering… — Gautama Buddha
Meat is not agreeable to the wise: it has a nauseating odor, it causes a bad reputation, it is food for the carnivorous; I say… — Gautama Buddha
Therefore, do not eat meat which will cause terror among people, because it hinders the truth of emancipation; not to eat meat? this is the… — Gautama Buddha
They say you don't get over someone until you find someone or something better. As humans, we don't deal well with emptiness. Any empty space… — Yasmin Mogahed
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments. — Plato
The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction. — Plato
Observe the life by cause and consequence. Explore the life by wisdom. Treat the life by equality. Complete the life by love. — Gautama Buddha
When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future.… — Gerald Jampolsky
She's Cherokee Indian, which is great 'cause whenever we have sex, it rains. — Jay Mohr
In Buddhism, ignorance as the root cause of suffering refers to a fundamental misperception of the true nature of the self and all phenomena. — Dalai Lama
When phenomena are individually analyzed as selfless, and what has been analyzed is meditated upon, that is the cause for attaining the fruit, nirvana. One… — Gautama Buddha
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. — Sophocles
In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children. — Herodotus
Living day in and day out with guilt over sin that has not been properly confessed and forsaken expends a certain amount of emotional energy;… — Lou Priolo

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