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Buddha [-563--483] Indian

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Leader, Founding Figure

Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was an ascetic and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.

Life, Good, Peace, Truth, Health, Men, Wisdom, Anger, Death, Inspirational, Love, Religion, Alone, Best, Fear, Happiness, Beauty, Communication, Failure, Family, Future, Relationship, Strength, Travel, Work

Quote	Tags	Rank
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.	Future, Life	1
What we think, we become.	Inspirational	102
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.	Best, Health, Inspirational, Relationship	103
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.	Strength	104
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.	Family, Good, Happiness, Health, Peace, Wisdom	105
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.	Truth	106
To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.	Good, Health	107
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.		108
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.	Anger	109
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.	Happiness, Inspirational, Life	110
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.	Love	111
The mind is everything. What you think you become.		112
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.	Peace	113
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.		114
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.	Life, Men, Religion	115
Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.	Religion, Work	116
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.	Good, Life, Wisdom	117
It is better to travel well than to arrive.	Travel	118
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.	Peace	119
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.	Peace	120
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.	Communication, Good	121
Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.	Death, Health, Life	122
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.		123
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.	Anger	124
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.	Truth	125
I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.		126
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.	Peace	201
He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.		202
The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.	Truth	203
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.		204
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.	Fear, Good	205
I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world.	Truth	206
Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.		207
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.		208
To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.	Life	209
He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.		210
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.	Best, Failure	211
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.	Death	212
Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.		213
In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.	Anger, Truth	214
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?		215
Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.	Love	216
The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.		217
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.	Love	218
A jug fills drop by drop.		219
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.	Death, Fear	220
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?	Religion	221
I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.	Men, Wisdom	222
Of those beings who live in ignorance, shut up and confined, as it were, in an egg, I have first broken the eggshell of ignorance and alone in the universe obtained the most exalted, universal Buddhahood.	Alone	223
A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.	Beauty, Men	224
With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone.	Alone, Men	225
Better than worshiping gods is obedience to the laws of righteousness.		226
He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.		301
The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.		302
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.		303
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.		304
All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?		305
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.		306
Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom.	Wisdom	307

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