Quotes of the Wise
Gandhi Quotes
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Fear is not a disease of the body; fear kills the soul.
We must become the change we want to see.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.
Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
“All my actions have their rise in my inalienable love of mankind.”
"There is more to life than increasing speed."
Hatred can be overcome only by love.
Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.
An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected.
Buddha
Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.
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.
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.
What we think, we become.
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dwell in the future, concetrate the mind on the present moment.
On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property.
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
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.
The point of the teachings is to control your own mind. Restrain your mind from greed, and you will keep your body right, your mind pure and your words faithful. Always thinking of the transiency of your life, you will be able to desist from greed and anger and will be able to avoid all evils.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
The Mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness. To live a single day and hear a good teaching is better than to live a hundred years without knowing such teaching.
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.
There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.
Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart, give yourself to it.
The man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most ungrudging love; and the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from me.
If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.
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.
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You think that good is hating what is bad. What is bad is the hating mind itself.”
—Bon Kai (Buddhist monk)
When you are dreaming of a butterfly, are you dreaming of a butterfly, or is the butterfly dreaming, of you?"~~~Taoist Saying's
"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher." - Socrates
"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me." - Alice Roosevelt Longworth
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." - Mark Twain
"Always do right- this will gratify some and astonish the rest." - Mark Twain