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Overcoming Quotes by Gautama Buddha
- Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth.
- As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in…
- When one is overcome by this wretched, clinging desire in the world, one's sorrows increase like grass growing up after a lot of rain.
- The Tempter masters the lazy and irresolute man who dwells on the attractive side of things, ungoverned in his senses, and unrestrained in his food,…
- But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off…
- Overcome your uncertainties and free yourself from dwelling on sorrow. When you delight in existence, you will awaken, and become a guide to those in…
- There is a way to be purified, to overcome sorrows and grief, to release suffering, to secure the right path to realize nirvana. This is…
- ... Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will for seven days appear to you in their benign and peaceful aspect. Their light will shine upon you, ... Wonderful…
- With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit.
- Men are tied up to their families and possessions more helplessly than in a prison. There is an occasion for the prisoner to be released,…
- If the traveller can find A virtuous and wise companion Let him go with him joyfully And overcome the dangers of the way. But if…
- Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred,…
- Let a man overcome anger by love.
- Happy are those who have overcome their egos; happy are those who have attained peace; happy are those who have found the Truth.
- All have I overcome, all do I know. From all am I detached. All have I renounced. Wholly absorbed am I in ``the destruction of…
- Inflamed by greed, incensed by hate, confused by delusion, overcome by them, obsessed by mind, a man chooses for his own affliction, for others' affliction,…
- Who ever lives looking for pleasure only, his senses uncontrolled, immoderate in his enjoyments, idle and weak, the tempter will certainly overcome him, as the…
More Overcoming Quotes
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
- Heroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials. You need something scary to overcome. — Margaret Atwood
- The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder. — Richard Bach
- Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. — Francis Bacon
- I hear music that comes out of need, out of grief, sorrow, suffering and out of overcoming these things, as well. That… — Kathleen Battle
- Filibusters should require 35 senators to... make a commitment to continually debate an issue in reality, not just in theory. The number… — Evan Bayh
- In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. — Simone de Beauvoir
- Oprah is wildly successful, and she's a brilliant businesswoman. She's also somebody who's overcome a ton of demons in her own life,… — Glenn Beck
- I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me. — Ludwig van Beethoven
- Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open. — Alexander Graham Bell