Buddha
Buddha
Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, or simply the Buddha, was an asceticand sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE...
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His success may be great, but be it ever so great the wheel of fortune may turn again and bring him down into the dust
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He is not the same, nor is he another.
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He is able who thinks he is able.
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'He insulted me, he cheated me, he beat me, he robbed me' -- those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
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Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.
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If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.
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Wherever there is possession of marks, there is fraud ; wherever there is no-possession of no-marks, there is no fraud. Hence the Tathagata is to be seen from no-marks as marks.
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Whoever counters the malicious with malice can never be free, but one who feels no maliciousness pacifies those who hate. Hate brings misery to humanity so the wise man knows no hatred
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Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
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What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.
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We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.
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To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.
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Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.
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Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.