Buddha

“Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.”

“If you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do is keep on walking.”

“In this worldHate never yet dispelled hateOnly love dispels hateThis is the lawAncient and inexhaustibleYou to shall pass awayKnowing this,how can you quarrel”

“Awake. Be the witness of your thoughts. You are what observes, not what you observe”

“It is in a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that leads him to evil ways.”

“Pure-limbed, white-canopied, one-wheeled, the cart roles on. See him that cometh: faultless, stream-cutter, bondless he.”

“I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.”

“Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.”

“Attachment leads to suffering.”

“What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.”

“From a withered tree, a flower blooms”

“‎Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you. They are all your teachers, each doing just the right things to help you learn perfect patience, perfect wisdom, perfect compassion.”

“All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain”

“How wonderful! How wonderful! All things are perfect, exactly as they are.”

“You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.”

“Not merely by rules of conduct and religious observances, nor by much learning either, nor even by attainment of concentration, nor by sleeping alone, do I reach the happiness of freedom, to which no worldlings attain. If you have not put an end to compulsions, nurse your faith”

“Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.”

“Kindness should become the natural way of life,not the exception.”

“In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.”

“May all that have life be delivered from suffering”

“Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all”

“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. ”

“Wear your ego like a loose fitting garment.”

“Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the room will be filled with light.”

“Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”

“The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment”

“More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm.”

“When you come upon a paththat brings benefit and happiness to all,follow this courseas the moonjourneys through the stars.”

“As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgements but rain your kindness equally on all. ”

“He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.”

“Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.”

“People with opinions just go around bothering one another.”

“There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.”

“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change. ”

“life is a river always flowing. do not hold onto things. work hard.”

“A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him.Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted! ”

“Greater in battlethan the man who would conquera thousand-thousand men,is he who would conquerjust one —himself.Better to conquer yourselfthan others.When you've trained yourself,living in constant self-control,neither a deva nor gandhabba,nor a Mara banded with Brahmas,could turn that triumphback into defeat.”

“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.”

“Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.”

“If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.”

“A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.”

“In separateness lies the world's greatest misery; in compassion lies the world's true strength.”

“be greatly aware of the present.”

“Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it”

“There are no chains like hate...dwelling on your brother's faults multiplies your own. You are far from the end of your journey.”

“friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.”

“Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.”

“A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.”

“The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.”

“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.”