Gautama Buddha

"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."

"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."

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

"Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it"

"With our thoughts we make the world."

"When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die."

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

"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot 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."

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

"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."

"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."

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

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

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

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