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Let a man overcome anger by love.
Sep 26, 2025
The traveller has reached the end of the journey!
The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.
The fragrance of sandalwood and rosebay does not travel far. But the fragrance of virtue rises to the heavens.
Speak or act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.
There is no fire like passion: there is no evil and hatred.
Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.
Be quick to do good. If you are slow, the mind, delighting in mischief, will catch you.
Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.
You too shall pass away. Knowing this, how can you quarrel?
Speak or act with a pure mind, and happiness will follow you as your shadow, unshakable.
Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not.
Let go of anger. Let go of pride. When you are bound by nothing You go beyond sorrow.
You are the source of all purity and impurity. No one purifies another.
Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.
It is better to live alone, there is no companionship with a fool.
On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property.
Watchfulness is the path of immortality: Unwatchfulness is the path of death. Those who are watchful never die: Those who do not watch are already as dead. Those who with a clear mind have seen this truth, Those who are wise and ever watchful, They feel the joy of watchfulness, The joy of the path of the great. And those who in high thought and in deep contemplation With ever living power advance on the path, They in the end reach NIRVANA, The peace supreme and infinite joy. ~ Buddha
Some do not understand that we must die, But those who do realize this settle their quarrels.
With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit.
There is no fire like passion No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger, And no joy like the joy of freedom.
In this world Hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, Ancient and inexhaustible.
Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.
However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?
If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love.
Better than a thousand hollow words Is one word that brings peace. Better than a thousand hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace. Better than a hundred hollow lines Is one line of the dharma, bringing peace. 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.
Better than a thousand hollow words Is one word that brings peace. Better than a thousand hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace.
Look at your body— A painted puppet, a poor toy Of jointed parts ready to collapse, A diseased and suffering thing With a head full of false imaginings. —The Dhammapada
The wise have mastered body, word, and mind. They are the true masters.
Master your words. Master your thoughts. Never allow your body to do harm. Follow these three roads with purity And you will find yourself upon the one way, The way of wisdom.
The wind cannot overturn a mountain. Temptation cannot touch the man Who is awake, strong and humble, Who masters hiself and minds the law.
With our thoughts we make the world.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
Just as a tree, though cut down, can grow again and again if its roots are undamaged and strong, in the same way if the roots of craving are not wholly uprooted sorrows will come again and again
Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
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