Gautama Buddha Quotes
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People with opinions just go around bothering each other.
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Those who are truly wise will remain unmoved by feelings of happiness and suffering, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, gain and loss.They will remain calm like the eye of a hurricane.
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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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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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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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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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Dwell not on the faults and shortcomings of others; instead, seek clarity about your own.
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Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.
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You can only lose what you cling to.
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The mind that perceives the limitation is the limitation.
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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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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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Mutual respect and mutual listening are the foundations of harmony within the family.
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Crying with the wise is better than laughing with the fool.
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Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.
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The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.
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Do not blindly believe what others say. See for yourself what brings contentment, clarity and peace. That is the path for you to follow.
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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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To understand everything is to forgive everything.
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Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.
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Life can only take place in the present moment. If we lose the present moment, we lose life.