Buddha Quotes
Buddha Shakyamuni (Siddhartha Gautama, c. 563-483 BCE), the founder of Buddhism, was born a prince in Lumbini, Nepal. After achieving enlightenment at age 35, he spent over 45 years teaching the path to liberation from suffering through the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path.
Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.
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One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.
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Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.
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Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.
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Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
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Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
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Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.
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All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind.
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Not by hatred is hatred conquered, but by love alone. This is an eternal law.
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As a flower that is lovely and beautiful, but is scentless, even so fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who does not practice it.
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Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.
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Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.
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You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.
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Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
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Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
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Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.
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