Gautama Buddha Quotes, Moon Quotes, Fire Quotes

There are, O monks, these four lights. What four? The light of the moon, the light of the sun, the light of fire, and the light of wisdom. Of these four lights, the light of wisdom is supreme.

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People with opinions just go around bothering each other.

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More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm.

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Believe nothing, O monks, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or because you yourselves have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to and take as your guide.

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When you realize how perfect [or at least better than it could be] everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

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There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.

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Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.

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Live every act fully, as if it were your last.

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In four ways ... should one who flatters be understood as a foe in the guise of a friend: He approves of his friend's evil deeds, he disapproves his friend's good deeds, he praises him in his presence, he speaks ill of him in his absence.

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Drink deeply. Live in serenity and joy.

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Health is the first benefit. Content is the first fortune. Friendliness is the first kindness. Nirvana is the first happiness.

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Any material form, or thought, or feeling, past or present, should be regarded as, 'This is not mine, this is not what I am, this is not my self.'

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The holy man is beyond time, he does not depend on any view nor subscribe to any sect; all current theories he understands, but he remains unattached to any of them.

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It is within this fathoms-long carcass, with its mind and its notions, that I declare there is the world, the origin of the world, the cessation of the world and the path leading to the cessation of the world.

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Apply yourself to solitude. One who is given to solitude knows things as they really are.

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In protecting oneself, others are protected; In protecting others, oneself is protected.

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Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.

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Who ever lives looking for pleasure only, his senses uncontrolled, immoderate in his enjoyments, idle and weak, the tempter will certainly overcome him, as the wind blows down a weak tree.

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Rage is a powerful energy that with diligent practice can be transformed into fierce compassion. However much we disagree with our enemies, our task is to identify with them. They too feel justified in their point of view.

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One moment, ten thousand years. Ten thousand years, one moment.

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