Gautama Buddha

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

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

"Speak the truth do not become angered and give when asked, even be it a little. By these three conditions one goes to the presence of the gods."

"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."

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

"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."

"The Gift of Truth excels all other Gifts."

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

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

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

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"With our thoughts we make the world."

"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."

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

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

"Doubt everything. Find your own light."

"Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others."