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It is better to travel well than to arrive.

Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone.

When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

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

If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.

It is in the nature of things that joy arises in a person free from remorse.

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

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain? – Buddha

To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others. – Buddha

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Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely. – Buddha

People with opinions just go around bothering one another. – Buddha

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path. – Buddha

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. – Buddha

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. – Buddha

Pain is certain, suffering is optional. – Buddha

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

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

It is a thorn that irritates and hurts … a sword that kills.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way.

She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair.

One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.

One who acts on truth is happy in this world and beyond.

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most. – Buddha

Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else. – Buddha

It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. – Buddha

Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded. – Buddha

Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. – Buddha

The mind is everything. What you think you become. – Buddha

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We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. – Buddha

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. – Buddha

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

There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind. – Buddha

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows. – Buddha

You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself. – Buddha

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. – Buddha

If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path. – Buddha

If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature. – Buddha

In separateness lies the world’s greatest misery; in compassion lies the world’s true strength. – Buddha

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. – Buddha

One moment can change a day, one day can change a life and one life can change the world. – Buddha

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill. – Buddha

Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law. – Buddha

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. – Buddha

With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone. – Buddha

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? – Buddha

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Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so, let one cultivate a boundless love toward all beings.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love. This is the eternal rule.

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy

follows like a shadow that never leaves.

There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.

Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.

You only lose what you cling to.

Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations.

A man asked Gautama Buddha, ‘I want happiness.’ Buddha said, ‘First, remove I. That’s ego. Then remove want. That’s desire. Now you are left with only happiness.

There is no path to happiness. Happiness is the path.

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

A disciplined mind brings happiness.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression. We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous. We experience joy in the actual act of giving something, and we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given.

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.

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

HAPPINESS IS A JOURNEY, NOT A DESTINATION.

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If you are quiet enough, you will hear the flow of the universe. You will feel its rhythm. Go with this flow. Happiness lies ahead. Meditation is key.
Routinely train yourself to attain peace.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind, he can find his way to enlightenment. All wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your own love and affection.

The enlightened one, intent on jhana, should find delight in the forest, should practice jhana at the foot of a tree, attaining his own satisfaction.

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.

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.