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“If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?”
― Buddha

“In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.”
― Gautama Buddha

“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

“A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.”
― Dhammapada, The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha

“You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.”
― Siddhārtha Gautama

“Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.

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― Siddhārtha Gautama, The Dhammapada

“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.”
― Buddha

“Meditate.
Live purely. Be quiet.
Do your work with mastery.
Like the moon, come out
from behind the clouds!
Shine”
― Siddhārtha Gautama

“Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.”
― Gautama Buddha

“Nothing is forever except change.”
― Gautama Buddha

“As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.”
― Siddhārtha Gautama

“Attachment leads to suffering.”
― Buddha

“A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.”
― Buddha

“If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.”
― Siddhārtha Gautama, The Dhammapada

“The greatest prayer is patience.”
― Siddharta Gautama

“If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.”
― Gautama Buddha, Sayings of Buddha

“Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.”
― Buddha

“Most problems, if you give them enough time and space, will eventually wear themselves out”
― Siddhattha Gotama, Sayings of the Buddha

“‎Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you. They are all your teachers, each doing just the right things to help you learn perfect patience, perfect wisdom, perfect compassion.”
― Buddha

“The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demands for its sustenance and extends generously the products of its life activity; it affords protection to all beings, offering shade even to the axe-man who destroys it.”
― Gautama Buddha

“I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.”
― Buddha

“Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.”
― The Buddha

“The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.”
― Gautama Buddha, The Dhammapada

“Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel.

Do not overlook negative actions merely because they are small; however small a spark may be, it can burn down a haystack as big as a mountain.”
― Gautama Buddha