Self Improvement Quotes and Sayings from Buddha

• All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.
• You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
• You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
• When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky
• Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
• Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.
• He is able who thinks he is able.
• He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.
• 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.
• In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
• In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true.
• It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
• 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.
• It is better to travel well than to arrive.
• Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
• No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
• The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.
• 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.
• 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 the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

Note:  The word Buddha means Awakened One, a person who has reached Enlightenment.  There have been many Buddhas, but these quotes come from the founder of Buddhist religion, Gautama Buddha (birth name Siddhartha Gautama).

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