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Buddha Quotes

Leader
Born: 563 BC
Died: 483 BC
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
Anger Burned Coal Else Gets Grasping Holding Holding On Hot Intent Like Someone Throwing Who You
To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.
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Abundance Count Life Live Midst Must Nothing Own Pure Unselfish
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.
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Appreciates Dislike Evil Fear Feeling Feelings Feels Finds Free Good Listening Pleasure Teachings Them Tranquil
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.
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Attained Blood Body Bones Dry Final Flesh Move Sinews Skin Spot Supreme Together Until Up Welcome Will Wisdom
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.
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Away Bitterness Casts Cease Evil Free Gain Gives He Himself Illusion Lust Man Nirvana Off Out Passions Reach Real Righteous Rooting Shall Slave Who
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
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Good Loved More Persecuted Than Virtue Wicked
He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.
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He Loves People Who Woes
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.
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Being Candle Candles Happiness Life Lighted Never Shared Shortened Single Thousands Will
What we think, we become.
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Become Think
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
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Affection Anybody Deserve Entire Love Much Universe You Your Yourself
It is better to travel well than to arrive.
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Arrive Better Than Travel Well
To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
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Able Body Clear Duty Good Good Health Health Keep Mind Otherwise Our Shall Strong
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
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Peace Seek Within Without
Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.
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Death Health Image Life Only State Suffering Without
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
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Become Follows Joy Leaves Like Mind Never Our Pure Pure Joy Shadow Shaped Think Thoughts
With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone.
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Alone Companionship Fools Live Man Men Obstinate Quarrelsome Rather Selfish Than Vain Walk Who
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
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Better Brings Hollow One Word Peace Than Thousand Word Words
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
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Be True Best Failure Knows Life Only Real True
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.
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Angels Battles Better Cannot Conquer Demons Heaven Hell Taken Than Then Thousand Victory Win You Yours Yourself
I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world.
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Born I Was Born King Salvation Truth World