Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) (563 B.C. - 483 B.C.)

Buddha's Words

• 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.

• Attachment is the source of all suffering.

• 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.

• Decay is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence. - Buddha's last words.

• Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

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

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

• 'He insulted me, he cheated me, he beat me, he robbed me.' Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

• He who never thinks of anything as mine' does not feel the lack of anything: he is never worried by a sense of loss.

• Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

• I gained nothing at all from Supreme Enlightenment, and for that very reason it is called Supreme Enlightenment.

• If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.

• 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.

• Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.

• Look within, you are the Buddha.

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

• On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property.

• Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

• The man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most ungrudging love; and the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from me.

• The Mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness.

• The point of the teachings is to control your own mind. Restrain your mind from greed, and you will keep your body right, your mind pure and your words faithful. Always thinking of the transiency of your life, you will be able to desist from greed and anger and will be able to avoid all evils.

• 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.

• The thought manifests as the word; The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love Born out of concern for all beings.

• 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.

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

• There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.

• There is only one time when it is essential to awaken. That time is now.

• Thou one man conquers a thousand men, a thousand times in battle, he who conquers himself is the greatest warrior.

• 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.

• To live a single day and hear a good teaching is better than to live a hundred years without knowing such teaching.

• 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.

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

• Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back.

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