Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind. A controlled mind brings happiness.


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BUDDHA
Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.
BUDDHA
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
BUDDHA
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
BUDDHA
All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
BUDDHA
Born out of concern for all beings.
BUDDHA
Decay is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
BUDDHA
On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, wi...
BUDDHA
There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth...not going all the way, and not startin...
BUDDHA
You only lose what you cling to.
BUDDHA
Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
BUDDHA
Friendship is a treasured gift, and every time I talk with you I feel as if I'm getting richer and r...
BUDDHA
I am the miracle.
BUDDHA
It is to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults. One shows the faults of oth...
BUDDHA
To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple livelihood; this is the...
BUDDHA
My doctrine is not a doctrine but just a vision. I have not given you any set rules, I have not give...
BUDDHA
Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.
BUDDHA
Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends
BUDDHA
Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the ...
BUDDHA
To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana.
BUDDHA
The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in...
BUDDHA
Again a different meaning has to be understood.
BUDDHA
We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy...
BUDDHA
Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.
BUDDHA
A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he esca...
BUDDHA
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain pea...
BUDDHA
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an ...
BUDDHA
Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.
BUDDHA
Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them.
BUDDHA
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shorten...
BUDDHA
Everyone is gifted - but some people never open their package
BUDDHA
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply becau...
BUDDHA
Beings are owners of their action, heirs of their action.
BUDDHA
He is able who thinks he is able.
BUDDHA
Hatred does not cease in this world by hating, but by not hating; this is an eternal truth.
BUDDHA
It is better to travel well than to arrive.
BUDDHA
Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
BUDDHA
I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world.
BUDDHA
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
BUDDHA
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not sta...
BUDDHA
Better than worshiping gods is obedience to the laws of righteousness.
BUDDHA
Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
BUDDHA
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace ...
BUDDHA