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"When words are both true and kind, they can change the world."

- Buddha

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

- Buddha

"Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most."

- Buddha

"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."

- Buddha

"The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart."

- Buddha

"Radiate boundless love towards the entire world—above, below, and across—unhindered, without ill will, without enmity."

- Buddha

"Love is a gift of one's inner most soul to another so both can be whole."

- Buddha

"To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear."

- Buddha

"Hope lives in those who believe in it."

- Buddha

"Stay hopeful; you never know what tomorrow will bring."

- Buddha

"No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again."

- Buddha

"No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again."

- Buddha

"The mind is everything. What you think you become"

- Buddha

"What we think, we become"

- Buddha

"You yourself, as much as anyone in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."

- Buddha

"A disciplined mind brings happiness."

- Buddha

"It is better to travel well than to arrive."

- Buddha

"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 shared."

- Buddha

"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."

- Buddha

"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."

- Buddha

"Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most. Happy Sunday."

- Buddha

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."

- Buddha

"Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most."

- Buddha

"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins – not through strength, but through persistence."

- Buddha

"If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path."

- Buddha

"What we think, we become."

- Buddha

"Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it."

- Buddha

"far greater hero than he who has defeated 1000 times a 1000 men."

- Buddha

"The mind is everything. What you think, you become."

- Buddha

"Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life."

- Buddha

"Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom."

- Buddha

"Peace comes from within"

- Buddha

"The Mind is everything"

- Buddha

"There is no path to happiness; happiness is the path."

- Buddha

"If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand."

- Buddha

"When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky."

- Buddha

"Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace."

- Buddha

"Happiness never decreases by being shared."

- Buddha

"Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship."

- Buddha

"Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life."

- Buddha

"One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world."

- Buddha

"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it."

- Buddha

"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the Moon, and the truth."

- Buddha

"Each morning, we are born again. What we do today matters most."

- Buddha

"Each morning we are born again. What we do today matters most."

- Buddha

"You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together."

- Buddha

"The quieter you become, the more you can hear."

- Buddha

"Attachment leads to suffering."

- Buddha

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened."

- Buddha

"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little."

- Buddha

"The higher you climb, the better you see."

- Buddha

"You can only lose what you cling to."

- Buddha

"In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you."

- Buddha

"Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die."

- Buddha

"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell."

- Buddha

"You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way."

- Buddha

"The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed."

- Buddha

"Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence."

- Buddha

"An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea."

- Buddha

"To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent."

- Buddha

"In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves."

- Buddha

"In the end, these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?"

- Buddha

"a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life."

- Buddha

"Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue."

- Buddha

"Life is suffering."

- Buddha

"On life’s journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him."

- Buddha

"The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground."

- Buddha

"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it."

- Buddha

"To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance."

- Buddha

"When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky."

- Buddha

"All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else."

- Buddha

"Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals."

- Buddha

"He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes."

- Buddha

"Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two."

- Buddha

"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection."

- Buddha

"All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?"

- Buddha

"He is able who thinks he is able."

- Buddha

"It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways."

- Buddha

"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world."

- Buddha

"Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind."

- Buddha

"The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast."

- Buddha

"Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good."

- Buddha

"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."

- Buddha

"Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others."

- Buddha

"A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker."

- Buddha

"Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace."

- Buddha

"The tongue like a sharp knife … Kills without drawing blood."

- Buddha

"The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve."

- Buddha

"Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill."

- Buddha

"In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true."

- Buddha

"Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have."

- Buddha

"Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely."

- Buddha

"The root of suffering is attachment."

- Buddha

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."

- Buddha

"Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity."

- Buddha

"Every human being is the author of his own health or disease."

- Buddha

"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting."

- Buddha

"An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind."

- Buddha

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly."

- Buddha

"To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others."

- Buddha

"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change."

- Buddha

"If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete."

- Buddha

"Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little."

- Buddha

"Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you. They are all your teachers, each doing just the right things to help you learn perfect patience, perfect wisdom, perfect compassion."

- Buddha

"As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgement but rain your kindness equally on all."

- Buddha

"In separateness lies the world’s greatest misery; in compassion lies the world’s true strength."

- Buddha

"A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving, and fearless then he is in truth called wise."

- Buddha

"The mind is everything; what you think, you become."

- Buddha

"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles."

- Buddha

"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."

- Buddha

"To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing."

- Buddha

"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful."

- Buddha

"The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There’s only one moment for you to live."

- Buddha

"Pain is certain; suffering is optional."

- Buddha

"The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest."

- Buddha

"Give, even if you only have a little."

- Buddha

"True charity occurs only when there are no notions of giving, giver, or gift."

- Buddha

"When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself."

- Buddha

"Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame."

- Buddha

"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 our mind."

- Buddha

"Wear your ego like a loose-fitting garment."

- Buddha

"A jug fills drop by drop."

- Buddha

"The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men."

- Buddha

"He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake’s venom that so quickly spreads — such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin."

- Buddha

"The only real obstacle in your path to success is the story you keep telling yourself that you cannot achieve it."

- Buddha

"The thing that is disliked by me is also disliked by others. Since I dislike this thing, how can I inflict it on someone else?"

- Buddha

"Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten."

- Buddha

"The instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for the truth and have begun striving for ourselves."

- Buddha

"Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal."

- Buddha

"To be angry is to let others' mistakes punish yourself."

- Buddha

"If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow."

- Buddha

"Whatever is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit."

- Buddha

"Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace."

- Buddha

"A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated — this is the greatest blessing."

- Buddha

"Meditate. Do not delay, lest you later regret it."

- Buddha

"Resolutely train yourself to attain peace."

- Buddha

"Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule."

- Buddha

"If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another."

- Buddha

"The greatest prayer is patience."

- Buddha

"Radiate boundless love towards the entire world."

- Buddha

"Peace begins within yourself."

- Buddha

"Choose words that bring peace, not conflict."

- Buddha

"Love is the key to ending hatred and finding peace."

- Buddha

"Understanding brings peace, even in difficult situations."

- Buddha

"Be grateful for the little things and find peace in them."

- Buddha

"Let go of resentful thoughts and find true peace."

- Buddha

"If you love yourself, you won’t harm others."

- Buddha

"Peace comes from accepting things as they are."

- Buddha

"Patience is a powerful tool for finding peace."

- Buddha

"Spread love and kindness to create a peaceful world."

- Buddha

"You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger."

- Buddha

"The way is not in the sky, the way is in the heart."

- Buddha

"Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are. It solely relies on what you think."

- Buddha

"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 shared."

- Buddha

"Health is the greatest gift, contentment is the greatest wealth, faithfulness is the best relationship."

- Buddha

"You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself."

- Buddha

"To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our minds strong and clear."

- Buddha

"To understand everything is to forgive everything."

- Buddha

"Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion."

- Buddha

"Unity can only be manifested by the binary. Unity itself and the idea of unity are already two."

- Buddha

"A man may conquer a million men in battle but one who conquers himself is, indeed, the greatest of conquerors."

- Buddha

"To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple livelihood; this is the good luck."

- Buddha

"A family is a place where thoughts interact with one another."

- Buddha

"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can, and no one may."

- Buddha

"To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear."

- Buddha

"To keep the body in good health is a duty…otherwise we shall not be able to keep the mind strong and clear."

- Buddha

"To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him."

- Buddha

"It is better to conquer self than to win a thousand battles."

- Buddha

"If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down."

- Buddha

"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little."

- Buddha

"“You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”"

- Buddha

"If you want to fly. Give up everything that weighs you down"

- Buddha

"In our lives, change is unavoidable, loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change, lies our happiness and freedom."

- Buddha

"A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it were real, so he escapes suffering."

- Buddha

"Love is a gift of one’s inner most soul to another so both can be whole."

- Buddha

"True love is borne from understanding."

- Buddha

"Let love be your guide in all actions and decisions."

- Buddha

"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart to give yourself to it."

- Buddha

"Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful."

- Buddha

"Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten."

- Buddha

"Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death."

- Buddha

"To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance."

- Buddha

"Better than worshiping gods is obedience to the laws of righteousness."

- Buddha

"Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance of fruits. But alms given to those who are yet under the tyrannical yoke of the passions are like seed deposited in a bad soil. The passions of the receiver of the alms choke, as it were, the growth of merits."

- Buddha

"A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart."

- Buddha

"When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear."

- Buddha

"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act."

- Buddha

"The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain."

- Buddha

"I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals."

- Buddha

"Of those beings who live in ignorance, shut up and confined, as it were, in an egg, I have first broken the eggshell of ignorance and alone in the universe obtained the most exalted, universal Buddhahood."

- Buddha

"What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?"

- Buddha

"With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone."

- Buddha

"I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world."

- Buddha

"Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom."

- Buddha

"He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana."

- Buddha

"He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana."

- Buddha

"It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways."

- Buddha

"Quiet the mind and the soul will speak."

- Buddha

"What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create."

- Buddha

"You don’t have a Soul. You are a soul. You have a body."

- Buddha

"All suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their own happiness or satisfaction."

- Buddha

"Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?"

- Buddha

"Purity or impurity depends on oneself, no one can purify another."

- Buddha

"In the end, only three things matters: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you."

- Buddha

"Don’t rush anything. When the time is right it’ll happen."

- Buddha

"When it hurts, observe. Life is trying to teach you something."

- Buddha

"Change is never painful. Only resistance to change is painful."

- Buddha

"The root of all suffering is attachment."

- Buddha

"Your mind is a powerful thing. When you start to filter it with positive thoughts your life will start to change."

- Buddha

"I will not look at another’s bowl intent on finding a fault: a training to be observed."

- Buddha

"What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil."

- Buddha

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon…. If a man speak or act with a good thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him."

- Buddha

"Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living."

- Buddha

"Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law."

- Buddha

"Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes."

- Buddha

"Meditate… do not delay, lest you later regret it."

- Buddha

"One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases – and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the path."

- Buddha

"Delight in meditation and solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker."

- Buddha

"If a man’s thoughts are muddy, If he is reckless and full of deceit, How can he wear the yellow robe? Whoever is master of his own nature, Bright, clear and true, He may indeed wear the yellow robe."

- Buddha

"Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them."

- Buddha

"Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine"

- Buddha

"For soon the body is discarded, Then what does it feel? A useless log of wood, it lies on the ground, Then what does it know? Your worst enemy cannot harm you As much as your own thoughts, unguarded. But once mastered, No one can help you as much, Not even your father or your mother."

- Buddha

"If you are quiet enough, you will hear the flow of the universe. You will feel its rhythm. Go with this flow. Happiness lies ahead. Meditation is key."

- Buddha

"Though one should live a hundred years without wisdom and control, yet better, indeed, is a single day’s life of one who is wise and meditative."

- Buddha

"Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom."

- Buddha

"If you meditate earnestly, pure in mind and kind in deeds, leading a disciplined life in harmony with the dharma, you will grow in glory. If you meditate earnestly, through spiritual disciplines you can make an island for yourself that no flood can overwhelm."

- Buddha

"If you light a lamp for someone else it will also brighten your path."

- Buddha

"Neither fire, nor wind, birth, nor death, can erase our good deeds."

- Buddha

"Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others."

- Buddha

"If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?"

- Buddha

"One who acts on truth is happy in this world and beyond."

- Buddha

"Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind."

- Buddha

"There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires."

- Buddha

"Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves."

- Buddha

"Stop, stop. Do not speak. The ultimate truth is not even to think."

- Buddha

"If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart."

- Buddha

"You are far from the end of your journey. The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. See how you love."

- Buddha

"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserves your love and affection."

- Buddha

"Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings."

- Buddha

"Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again."

- Buddha

"For the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world."

- Buddha

"People with opinions just go around bothering each other."

- Buddha

"Whatever living beings there may be feeble or strong, long, stout, or of medium size, short, small, large, those seen or those unseen, those dwelling far or near, those who are born as well as those yet to be born may all beings have happy minds."

- Buddha

"The tongue like a sharp knife kills without drawing blood."

- Buddha

"You will not be punished for your anger. You will be punished by your anger."

- Buddha

"Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness. Conquer meanness with generosity."

- Buddha

"Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth."

- Buddha

"At the end of the day, I’m at peace because my intentions are good and my heart is pure."

- Buddha

"It’s better to travel well than to arrive."

- Buddha

"However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you If you do not act upon them?"

- Buddha

"Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace."

- Buddha

"No matter how hard the past, you can always begin."

- Buddha

"Three things cannot be long hidden: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth."

- Buddha

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."

- Buddha

"The truth is, we can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within."

- Buddha

"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think."

- Buddha

"A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise."

- Buddha

"It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act."

- Buddha

"The tongue like a sharp knife… Kills without drawing blood."

- Buddha

"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world."

- Buddha

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."

- Buddha

"Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy."

- Buddha

"As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse."

- Buddha

"Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is a pleasant thing."

- Buddha

"Live every act fully, as if it were your last."

- Buddha

"Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind, suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the footsteps of the ox."

- Buddha

"Don’t rush anything. When the time is right, it’ll happen."

- Buddha

"Our life is shaped by our mind. We become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves."

- Buddha

"A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again. But if he is peaceful, loving, and fearless, then he is in truth called wise."

- Buddha

"Should someone do good, let them do it again and again. They should develop this habit, for the accumulation of goodness brings joy."

- Buddha

"Before giving, the mind of the giver is happy; while giving, the mind of the giver is made peaceful; and having given, the mind of the giver is uplifted."

- Buddha

"Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up."

- Buddha

"You, yourself, as much as anyone in the entire universe, deserves your love and affection."

- Buddha

"In the end, only three things matter- how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully let go of things not meant for you."

- Buddha

"He who experiences the unity of life sees his own self in all beings."

- Buddha

"All beings tremble before violence. All fear death. All love life. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do? He who seeks happiness By hurting those who seek happiness Will never find happiness. For your brother and sister are like you. They want to be happy. Never harm them. And when you leave this life You too will find happiness."

- Buddha

"The trouble is you think you have time."

- Buddha

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. Good morning!"

- Buddha

"There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth… not going all the way, and not starting"

- Buddha

"Your worst adversary is also your best teacher."

- Buddha

"Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it."

- Buddha

"Our own worst enemy cannot harm us as much as our unwise thoughts. No one can help us as much as our compassionate thoughts."

- Buddha

"When you move your focus from competition to contribution, life becomes a celebration. Never try to defeat people, just win their hearts."

- Buddha

"We are what we think."

- Buddha

"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection."

- Buddha

"Dwell not on the faults and shortcomings of others; instead, seek clarity about your own."

- Buddha

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."

- Buddha

"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love & affection."

- Buddha

"We are what we think"

- Buddha

""The trouble is, you think you have time.""

- Buddha

"you are not punished for your anger, you are only punished by your anger"

- Buddha

"Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes"

- Buddha

""The mind is everything. What you think, you become.""

- Buddha

"If a man’s mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure."

- Buddha

"A man may conquer a million others, but the one who conquers himself is greatest of all."

- Buddha

"If you want to fly give up everything that weighs you down."

- Buddha

"No one outside ourselves can rule us inwardly. When we know this, we become free."

- Buddha

"Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness."

- Buddha

"If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness follows like a shadow."

- Buddha