Gautama Buddha Quotes
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It came to me that I should teach this truth for it is real happiness and joy. The cessation of suffering is possible.
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It is your mind that creates the world.
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My whole life, I never spoke a single-word.
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Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stifled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal.
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Awakening is natural,delusion is not.
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Solitude is happiness for one who is content, who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees. Non-affliction is happiness in the world - harmlessness towards all living beings.
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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.
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At the end of the way is freedom. Until then, patience.
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To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue; this is the good luck.
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Hate never ends hate. Only love can.
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Just as a picture is drawn by an artist, surroundings are created by the activities of the mind.
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Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others.
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One who is unrestrained in life-delusion overcomes; as the wind a weak tree.
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Follow not after the vain, understand the ills of sense pleasures. One who is vigilant and meditative, obtains deep joy.
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Just as the great oceans have but one taste, the taste of salt, so too there is but one taste fundamental to all true teachings of the way, and this is the taste of freedom.
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Thoughtfulness is the way to deathlessness, thoughtlessness the way to death. The thoughtful do not die: the thoughtless are as if dead already.
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If a man who has committed many a misdemeanor does not repent and cleanse his heart of the evil, retribution will come upon his person as sure as the streams run into the ocean which becomes ever deeper and wider. If a man who has committed a misdemeanor come to the knowledge of it, reform himself, and practise goodness, the force of retribution will gradually exhaust itself as a disease gradually loses its baneful influence when the patient perspires.
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...One who possesses four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there. What four? Bodily good conduct, verbal good conduct, mental good conduct, and gratitude or thankfulness. One possessing these four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there.
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Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
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If there be one righteous person, the rain falls for his sake.
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As a bee without harming the flower, its colour or scent, flies away, collecting only the honey, even so should the sage wander in the village.
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There are friendships to one who lives in society; thus our present grief arises from having friendships; observing the evils resulting from friendship, let one walk alone like a rhinoceros.
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Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.
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It is because of their tranquil thoughts That creatures go to prosperity.