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Buddha Quotes

    "The trouble is... You think you have time." ~ Buddha

      “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.” ~ Buddha

        "If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another." ~ Buddha

          “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. ” ~ Buddha

            "There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting." ~ Buddha

            “There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.” ~ Buddha

              "Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die." ~ Buddha

                “Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”  ~ Buddha

                  “To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.” ~ Buddha

                    “Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.” ~ Buddha

                      “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.” ~ Buddha

                        Let us rise up and be thankful,

                        for if we didn’t learn a lot today,

                        at least we learned a little,

                        and if we didn’t learn a little,

                        at least we didn’t get sick,

                        and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die;

                        so, let us all be thankful.

                        ~ Buddha

                          “Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” ~ Buddha

                            “We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” ~ Buddha

                              “All that we are is the result of what we have thought.” ~ Buddha

                                “Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.” ~ Buddha

                                  “A jug fills drop by drop.” ~ Buddha

                                    “No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.” ~ Buddha