Buddha Quotes
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What we think, we become.
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Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
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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.
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The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
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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.
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Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
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However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
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No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
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You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
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To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
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A jug fills drop by drop.
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The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.
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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.
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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.
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With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone.
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Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.
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It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
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Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
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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.
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Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
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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?
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He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.
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Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.