Gautama Buddha

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

"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."

"To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana."

"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."

"To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual."

"Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another."

"What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil."

"Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another."

"a dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. a man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker."

"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. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills."

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon.... If a man speak or act with a good thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him."

"In the endthese things matter most:How well did you love?How fully did you live?How deeply did you let go?"

"To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual."

"Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living."

"Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame."

"You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger."

"The Way is not in the sky; the Way is in the heart."

"May all that have life be delivered from suffering"

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

"Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side."