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.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
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The mind is everything. What you think you become.
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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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Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
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In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.
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Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
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Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
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Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
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Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.
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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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Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
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Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.
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Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
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Radiate boundless love towards the entire world — above, below, and across — unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.
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The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
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Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer evil with good. Conquer stinginess with giving. Conquer deceit with truth.
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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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What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now.
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The root of suffering is attachment.
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Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.
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