Gautama Buddha Quotes
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You are your own master, you make your own future. Therefore discipline yourself as a horse-dealer trains a thoroughbred.
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People with opinions just go around bothering each other.
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Life is like the harp string, if it is strung too tight it won't play, if it is too loose it hangs, the tension that produces the beautiful sound lies in the middle.
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If you know something hurtful and not true, don't say it. If you know something hurtful and true, don't say it. If you know something helpful but not true, don't say it. If you know something helpful and true, find the right time to say it.
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Dwell not on the faults and shortcomings of others; instead, seek clarity about your own.
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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, but householders entertain no desire to be relieved from the ties of family. When a man's passion is aroused nothing prevents him from ruining himself. Even into the jaws of a tiger will he jump. Those who are thus drowned in the filth of passion are called the ignorant. Those who are able to overcome it are saintly Arhats.
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The mind that perceives the limitation is the limitation.
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Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.
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To him in whom love dwells, the whole world is but one family.
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If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.
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Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.
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Mutual respect and mutual listening are the foundations of harmony within the family.
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You can only lose what you cling to.
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A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.
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As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.
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How can one ever know anything if they are too busy thinking?
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Crying with the wise is better than laughing with the fool.
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The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.
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To understand everything is to forgive everything.
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Embrace nothing: If you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha. If you meet your father, kill your father. Only live your life as it is, Not bound to anything.
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Life can only take place in the present moment. If we lose the present moment, we lose life.
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Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.
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Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.
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The world is a looking glass. It gives back to every man a true reflection of his own thoughts. Rule your mind or it will rule you.