- Leader | 563 BC - 483 BC
Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
Buddha
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Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
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However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
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A jug fills drop by drop.
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We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
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He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
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