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180 Enlightening Buddha Quotes and Buddha Sayings
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Word PornIn the sixth century BC, about 2600 years ago, a prince called Siddhartha Gautama was born. As the young Prince grew up, he began to realize that his sheltered life as a prince could not protect him from suffering. Similarly, he started to understand that is privileged life could not provide the lasting happiness he was seeking. As a result, the young Prince decided to leave his family and his protected life in the palace. His manifold encounters with the world outside the palace began to teach him important lessons about life. Gradually, he began to gain important insights into the nature of suffering. As he became more adept at meditation, he eventually was able to enter a state of mind free from distractions. In this state of deep meditation, he found the lasting happiness he was seeking for. To share with you the valuable and wise lessons of the Buddha, we’ve created the following collection of enlightening Buddha quotes and Buddha sayings.
Throughout the course of his life, Gautama Buddha taught that all our struggles in life originate from the same source. According to him, our frustration, anger, anxiety, sadness, and depression all stem from the same root. According to Buddha, all these issues originate from being heavily attached to something. Consequently, by addressing the root source, helpful changes can be affected.
“The universe itself is change and life itself is but what you deem it”
Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama taught that being excessively attached to something leads to suffering. When we’re too tightly attached to the outcome of a certain action, we may get frustrated when things come differently. When we’re too attached to our possessions, we may anxiously fear that we could lose all of it one day. The same holds true for a variety of other areas of life. In short, when we’re heavily attached to something, some form of discomfort or suffering may arise in our lives.
Therefore, by learning to reduce our attachment to things that don’t really matter, we can gain a great level of freedom in life. Let’s have a look at what else Siddhartha Gautama had to say about life, death, anger, and nonattachment.
180 Enlightening Buddha Quotes and Buddha Sayings
Throughout the course of his life, Siddhartha Gautama cautioned his followers to always question his lessons and teachings. Instead of taking his words by blind faith, he encouraged them to confirm his teachings through experience.
Here are these wise Buddha quotes:
1.
“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
Buddha
2.
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”
Buddha
3.
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
Buddha
4.
“Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.”
Buddha
5.
“Greater in battle than the man who would conquer a thousand-thousand men, is he who would conquer just one — himself. Better to conquer yourself than others.”
Buddha
6.
“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?”
Buddha
7.
“One moment can change a day, one day can change a life and one life can change the world.”
Buddha
8.
“The greatest prayer is patience.”
Buddha
9.
“Pure-limbed, white-canopied, one-wheeled, the cart roles on. See him that cometh: faultless, stream-cutter, bondless he.”
Buddha
10.
“Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.”
Buddha
11.
“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.”
Buddha
12.
“May all that have life be delivered from suffering.”
Buddha
13.
“As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise, you will miss most of your life.”
Buddha
14.
“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.”
Buddha
15.
“To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.”
Buddha
16.
“When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.”
Buddha
17.
“To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in the past is to carry the raft on your back after you have crossed the river.”
Buddha
18.
“Analyzing through special insight and realizing the lack of inherent existence constitute understanding of the signless.”
Buddha
19.
“Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.”
Buddha
20.
“I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.”
Buddha
21.
“Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.”
Buddha
22.
“Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you. They are all your teachers, each doing just the right things to help you learn perfect patience, perfect wisdom, perfect compassion.”
Buddha
23.
“For the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world.”
Buddha
24.
“Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.”
Buddha
25.
“If the selflessness of phenomena is analyzed and if this analysis is cultivated, it causes the effect of attaining nirvana. Through no other cause does one come to peace.”
Buddha
26.
“How blissful it is, for one who has nothing. Attainers-of-wisdom are people with nothing. See him suffering, one who has something, a person bound in mind with people.”
Buddha
27.
“Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.”
Buddha
28.
“This I tell you: decay is inherent in all conditioned things. Work out your own salvation, with diligence.”
Buddha
29.
“A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.”
Buddha
3O.
“Life is a river always flowing. Do not hold onto things. Work hard.”
Buddha
31.
“The wise man makes an island of himself that no flood can overwhelm.”
Buddha
32.
“Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.”
Buddha
33.
“He is able who thinks he is able.”
Buddha
34.
“I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act. Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.”
Buddha
35.
“Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those that a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.”
Buddha
36.
“Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.”
Buddha
37.
“Victory breeds hatred. The defeated live in pain. Happily the peaceful live, giving up victory and defeat.”
Buddha
38.
“There isn’t enough darkness in all the world to snuff out the light of one little candle.”
Buddha
39.
“Contentment is the greatest wealth.”
Buddha
40.
“Just to say ‘I believe’ or ‘I do not doubt’ does not mean that you understand and see. To force oneself to see and accept a thing without understanding is political and not spiritual or intellectual.”
Buddha
41.
“Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it.”
Buddha
42.
“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.”
Buddha
43.
“Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.”
Buddha
44.
“Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.”
Buddha
45.
“The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men.”
Buddha
46.
“He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man.”
Buddha
47.
“Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.”
Buddha
48.
“Be greatly aware of the present.”
Buddha
49.
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. 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.”
Buddha
50.
“If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.”
Buddha
51.
“He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.”
Buddha
52.
“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.”
Buddha
53.
“Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.”
Buddha
54.
“Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.”
Buddha
55.
“What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.”
Buddha
56.
“All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.”
Buddha
57.
“As a flower that is lovely and beautiful, but is scentless, even so, fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who practices it not.”
Buddha
58.
“As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world.”
Buddha
59.
“Those which are produced from causes are not produced. They do not have an inherent nature of production. Those which depend on causes are said to be empty; those who know emptiness are aware.”
Buddha
60.
“In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.”
Buddha
61.
“To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.”
Buddha
62.
“When you like a flower, you just pluck it. But when you love a flower, you water it daily.”
Buddha
63.
“Doubt everything. Find your own light.”
Buddha
64.
“To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.”
Buddha
65.
“Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.”
Buddha
66.
“Now, Kalamas, don’t go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, ‘This contemplative is our teacher.’ When you know for yourselves that, ‘These qualities are skillful; these qualities are blameless; these qualities are praised by the wise; these qualities, when adopted & carried out, lead to welfare and to happiness’ – then you should enter and remain in them.”
Buddha
67.
“You throw thorns, falling in my silence they become flowers.”
Buddha
68.
“If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.”
Buddha
69.
“The Gift of Truth excels all other Gifts.”
Buddha
70.
“As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgments but rain your kindness equally on all.”
Buddha
71.
“Bhikkhus, all is burning. And what is the all that is burning? The eye is burning, visible forms are burning, eye-consciousness is burning, eye-contact is burning; also whatever is felt as pleasant or painful or neither-painful-nor-pleasant that arises with eye-contact as its condition, that too is burning. Burning with what? Burning with the fire of greed, with the fire of hate, with the fire of delusion, with birth, aging, and death, with sorrow, with lamentation, with pain, grief, and despair it is burning.”
Buddha
72.
“Meditate, Ānanda, do not delay, or else you will regret it later. This is our instruction to you.”
Buddha
73.
“There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.”
Buddha
74.
“The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.”
Buddha
75.
“The mind is everything. What you think, you become”
Buddha
76.
“If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.”
Buddha
77.
“To life in the consciousness of the inevitability of suffering, of becoming enfeebled, of old age and of death, is impossible – we must free ourselves from life, from all possible life.”
Buddha
78.
“Monks, even if bandits were to savagely sever you, limb by limb, with a double-handled saw, even then, whoever of you harbors ill will at heart would not be upholding my Teaching. Monks, even in such a situation you should train yourselves thus: ‘Neither shall our minds be affected by this, nor for this matter shall we give vent to evil words, but we shall remain full of concern and pity, with a mind of love, and we shall not give in to hatred. On the contrary, we shall live projecting thoughts of universal love to those very persons, making them as well as the whole world the object of our thoughts of universal love – thoughts that have grown great, exalted and measureless. We shall dwell radiating these thoughts which are void of hostility and ill will.’ It is in this way, monks, that you should train yourselves.”
Buddha
79.
“All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?”
Buddha
80.
“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”
Buddha
81.
“The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next”
Buddha
82.
“Kindness should become the natural way of life, not the exception.”
Buddha
83.
“All descriptions of reality are temporary hypotheses.”
Buddha
84.
“Most problems, if you give them enough time and space, will eventually wear themselves out.”
Buddha
85.
“A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.”
Buddha
86.
“Awake. Be the witness of your thoughts. You are what observes, not what you observe”
Buddha
87.
“If you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do is keep on walking.”
Buddha
88.
“To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana.”
Buddha
89.
“The teaching is simple. Do what is right. Be pure.”
Buddha
90.
“Attachment leads to suffering.”
Buddha
91.
“Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.”
Buddha
92.
“What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our own mind.”
Buddha
93.
“She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair.”
Buddha
94.
“Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind.”
Buddha
95.
“Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life.”
Buddha
96.
“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.”
Buddha
97.
“The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There’s only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment”
Buddha
98.
“The darkest night is ignorance.”
Buddha
99.
“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.”
Buddha
100.
“Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.”
Buddha
101.
“If a traveler does not meet with one who is his better, or his equal, let him firmly keep to his solitary journey; there is no companionship with a fool.”
Buddha
102.
“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.”
Buddha
103.
“Your actions are your only belongings.”
Buddha
104.
“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”
Buddha
105.
“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.”
Buddha
106.
“There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.”
Buddha
107.
“If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.”
Buddha
108.
“If a person has faith, Bharadvaja, he preserves truth when he says: ‘My faith is thus’; but he does not yet come to the conclusion: ‘Only this is true, anything else is wrong.’ In this way, Bharadvaja, there is the preservation of truth; in this way he preserves truth; in this way, we describe the preservation of truth. But as yet there is no discovery of truth.”
Buddha
109.
“Not merely by rules of conduct and religious observances, nor by much learning either, nor even by attainment of concentration, nor by sleeping alone, do I reach the happiness of freedom, to which no worldlings attain. If you have not put an end to compulsions, nurse your faith”
Buddha
110.
“All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependent-arisings. All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependently imputed.”
Buddha
111.
“He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.”
Buddha
112.
“It is like a lighted torch whose flame can be distributed to ever so many other torches which people may bring along; and therewith they will cook food and dispel darkness, while the original torch itself remains burning ever the same. It is even so with the bliss of the Way.”
Buddha
113.
“You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.”
Buddha
114.
“From a withered tree, a flower blooms.”
Buddha
115.
“Opinion, O disciples, is a disease; opinion is a tumor; opinion is a sore. He who has overcome all opinion, O disciples, is called a saint, one who knows.”
Buddha, Buddhist Scriptures
116.
“The Way is not in the sky; the Way is in the heart.”
Buddha
117.
“When you come upon a path that brings benefit and happiness to all, follow this course as the moon journeys through the stars.”
Buddha
118.
“There are no chains like hate… Dwelling on your brother’s faults multiplies your own. You are far from the end of your journey.”
Buddha
119.
“A jug fills drop by drop.”
Buddha
120.
“The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demands for its sustenance and extends generously the products of its life activity; it affords protection to all beings, offering shade even to the axeman who destroys it.”
Buddha
121.
“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.”
Buddha
122.
“How wonderful! How wonderful! All things are perfect, exactly as they are.”
Buddha
123.
“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change.”
Buddha
124.
“It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that leads him to evil ways.”
Buddha
125.
“A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him. Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted!”
Buddha
126.
“Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone.”
Buddha
127.
“Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are, it solely relies on what you think.”
Buddha
128.
“Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.”
Buddha
129.
“Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine”
Buddha
130.
“There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.”
Buddha
131.
“Words do not express thoughts very well; everything 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.”
Buddha
132.
“If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?”
Buddha
133.
“Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall reach the topmost height.”
Buddha
134.
“Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression. We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous. We experience joy in the actual act of giving something. And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given.”
Buddha
135.
“Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.”
Buddha
136.
“Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred but gives it room to grow. But, ancient wisdom has advocated a different timeless strategy to overcome hatred. This eternal wisdom is to meet hatred with non-hatred. The method of trying to conquer hatred through hatred never succeeds in overcoming hatred. But, the method of overcoming hatred through non-hatred is eternally effective. That is why that method is described as eternal wisdom.”
Buddha
137.
“Whoever sees me sees the teaching, and whoever sees the teaching sees me.”
Buddha
138.
“You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.”
Buddha
139.
“Wear your ego like a loose fitting garment.”
Buddha
140.
“In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.”
Buddha
141.
“Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.”
Buddha
142.
“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 speaks or acts with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon… If a man speaks or acts with a good thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.”
Buddha
143.
“So too, friend, purification of virtue is for the sake of reaching purification of mind; purification of mind is for the sake of reaching purification of view; purification of view is for the sake of reaching purification by overcoming doubt; purification by overcoming doubt is for the sake of reaching purification by knowledge and vision of what is the path and what is not the path; purification by knowledge and vision of what is the path and what is not the path is for the sake of reaching purification by knowledge and vision of the way; purification by knowledge and vision of the way is for the sake of reaching purification by knowledge and vision; purification by knowledge and vision is for the sake of reaching final Nibbana [Nirvana] without clinging. It is for the sake of final Nibbana without clinging that the holy life is lived under the Blessed One.”
Buddha
144.
“Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.”
Buddha
145.
“Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.”
Buddha
146.
“Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”
Buddha
147.
“Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water, in the end, will fill a huge vessel. Do not overlook negative actions merely because they are small; however small a spark may be, it can burn down a haystack as big as a mountain.”
Buddha
148.
“Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all.”
Buddha
149.
“When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.”
Buddha
150.
“You only lose what you cling to.”
Buddha
151.
“What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.”
Buddha
152.
“Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the room will be filled with light.”
Buddha
153.
“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.”
Buddha
154.
“Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.”
Buddha
155.
“People with opinions just go around bothering one another.”
Buddha
156.
“Those which arise dependently are free of inherent existence.”
Buddha
157.
“In separateness lies the world’s greatest misery; in compassion lies the world’s true strength.”
Buddha
158.
“It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.”
Buddha
159.
“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.”
Buddha
160.
“Purity or impurity depends on oneself, no one can purify another.”
Buddha
161.
“An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.”
Buddha
162.
“The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.”
Buddha
163.
“With our thoughts we make the world.”
Buddha
164.
“Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.”
Buddha
165.
“More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm.”
Buddha
166.
“Our life is shaped by our mind, for we become what we think.”
Buddha
167.
“Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook but the oceans depth are calm.”
Buddha
168.
“True love is born from understanding.”
Buddha
169.
“Yes, Kālāmas, it is proper that you have doubt, that you have perplexity, for a doubt has arisen in a matter which is doubtful. Now, look you Kālāmas, do not be led by reports, or traditions, or hearsay. Be not led by the authority of religious texts, not by the delight in speculative opinions, nor by seeming possibilities, nor by the idea: ‘this is our teacher’. But, O Kalamas, when you know for yourself that certain things are unwholesome, and wrong, and bad, then give them up… And when you know for yourself that certain things are wholesome and good, then accept them and follow them.”
Buddha
170.
“The tongue [is]like a sharp knife… [It] kills without drawing blood.”
Buddha
171.
“Though one should live a hundred years without wisdom and control, yet better, indeed, is a single day’s life of one who is wise and meditative.”
Buddha
172.
“Nothing is forever except change.”
Buddha
173.
“Success isn’t the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.”
Buddha
174.
“Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.”
Buddha
175.
“If you propose to speak, always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind.”
Buddha
176.
“There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.”
Buddha
178.
“It is better to travel, than to arrive.”
Buddha
179.
“Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.”
Buddha
180.
“Rule your mind or it will rule you.”
Buddha
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Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.
Carl Jung
What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behavior is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness that’s toxic and ostensibly destroys most aspects of your normal life, because for a brief moment you feel okay.
Moby
Quitting smoking is easy, I’ve done it hundreds of times.
Mark Twain
Addiction begins with the hope that something “out there” can instantly fill up the emptiness inside.
Jean Kilbourne
Addiction is just a way of trying to get at something else. Something bigger. Call it transcendence if you want, but it’s like a rat in a maze. We all want the same thing. We all have this hole. The thing you want offers relief, but it’s a trap.
Tess Callahan
At first, addiction is maintained by pleasure, but the intensity of this pleasure gradually diminishes and the addiction is then maintained by the avoidance of pain.
Frank Tallis
At every stage, addiction is driven by one of the most powerful, mysterious, and vital forces of human existence. What drives addiction is longing — a longing not just of brain, belly, or loins but finally of the heart. Cornelius
Platinga
The mentality and behavior of drug addicts and alcoholics is wholly irrational until you understand that they are completely powerless over their addiction and unless they have structured help, they have no hope.
Russell Brand
I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.
Edgar Allan Poe
You know you’re an alcoholic when you misplace things for like a decade.
Paul Williams
I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some blind, random disaster, or some sudden disease, the addict has the comfort of knowing what will most likely wait for him down the road. He’s taken some control over his ultimate fate, and his addiction keeps the cause of death from being a total surprise.
Chuck Palahniuk
Drugs have taught an entire generation of American kids the metric system.
P.J. O’Rourke
The initial journey towards sobriety is a delicate balance between insight into one’s desire for escape and abstinence from one’s addiction.
Debra L. Kaplan
In the 1960s, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird, and people take Prozac to make it normal.
Anonymous
What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that must be understood.
Alice Miller
Addiction doesn’t kill the addict. It kills the family, kids and people who tried to help!
Anonymous
If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.
Ann Landers
The first thing in the human personality that dissolves in alcohol is dignity.
Anonymous
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48 truly unique Love Messages to send 2020
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5 years agoon
December 28, 2019By
Word PornThere’s this sweet emotion deep within you that will keep you loving the person you value so much even after death.
2. “I would give you the ability to see yourself through my eyes…”
There’s a beauty in your partner’s eyes that you can only view.
3. “Favorite smile…”
Yes, honey. No matter how many smiles you see each day, the person you value most will always be your fave.
4. “Be loved in the right way…”
You have to show how much you value the person.
5. “My world flips when I see you…”
That’s how I beautifully feel whenever you look at the eyes of the person you love most.
6. “You live in my mind…”
You are valued not only in my heart but also in my mind.
7. “I miss you…”
It is indeed terrible to miss someone so you just wish to kiss him all day.
8. “You are my home…”
That feeling that you get when you are within your partner’s arms.
9. “Keep holding my hand…”
Sometimes, the person you love most gives you the strength for you to be able to move forward.
10. “You had brought me back to life…”
That person who sees the beauty in you — that you are special like a butterfly.
11. “Saying I love you is not just a habit…”
Finding the right person is the best thing that will ever happen to you.
12. “You give me a bunch of feelings.”
There’s a feeling that surely envelopes your heart when you are in love.
13. “I wish to wake up next to you…”
If you love someone, you’d always wish to be with that person — hugging, kissing — you love him so much!
14. “A soul mate is so hard to find…”
Each of us has our own soul mates that basically turns us on in different aspect.
15. “Twenty seconds of insane courage…”
Have the courage to do something, no matter how quick it is, because that will give you a reward afterwards.
16. “Loving sees all of your partner’s magic…”
Because the person you love isn’t ordinary. He/she has magic that you do not fail to see.
17. “I love the entire you…”
Love the person you value most, no matter what he/she was and what he/she is going to be.
18. “I fall in love over and over again…”
When you really love a person, you fall for him/her over and over again.
19. “I could walk in my garden of forever…”
A flower as a remembrance? You surely think about your partner all the time.
20. “You loved me when I could not even love myself.”
The person you love will accept you even during your ugliest day.
21. “My favorite place is inside your hug…”
Because that’s the safest place where your heart can stay.
22. “My soul and his are the same…”
23. “Can I borrow a kiss?”
French kiss? That’s more fun, indeed!
24. “I was lost but I think I found myself in you…”
There’s a feeling of being found in the arms of the person even if you found lost at the first part of the relationship.
25. “I love you because I love you…”
Love needs no reason and calculation because if you love him/her,
26. “Let your guards down… Love with no regrets…”
We feel comfortable about whatever we do with the person we love.
27. “You are my addiction…”
An addiction, a blessed feeling you get when you look at the person you love most.
28. “One of us is in the wrong place…”
Wishing to be with the person you love most, night and day… Sooner or later, it will be plausible as long as you keep the love ignited.
29. “If we wait until we’re ready…”
Sometimes, we get that feeling of uncertainty, so get a grip and make sure that you let the person you love feel valued at all times.
30. “I fell for you before I realized I did…”
Sometimes, we fall in love without even knowing that we actually already did.
31. “I want to sleep with you…”
That incomparable feeling wherein you just want to be with the person you love most. Tie the knot if you are both on the right age!
32. “Maybe I’m scared because you mean more to me that any other person…”
We feel scared to lose the person we love most — we just can’t afford that!
33. “Sometimes you meet a person and you just click…”
That feeling when you feel comfortable hanging out with a person. No pretensions at all!
34. “I am lucky to love you…”
Found the one you love? You are indeed lucky!
35. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard…”
It’s indeed so hard to let go of someone you deeply value.
36. “I wanna be the girl who makes your bad days better…”
Be that girl who’ll make his bad days better in every aspect.
37. “The truth? I like you…”
You love a person because of the littlest and grandest details of her/his personality.
38. “You are the first and last thing on my mind…”
Start and end the day thinking about the person who makes your days worth living.
39. “I didn’t plan on falling in love with you…”
Sometimes, we fall in love to a person without even knowing how it happened.
40. “I am who I am because of you…”
Every wish and dream comes true once we find the person who will make our days better.
41. “Compliment people…”
No one’s perfect, remember that. However, you have to always look at their strengths, not their weaknesses.
42. “Your voice gives me butterflies…”
That flying butterflies you feel inside your stomach whenever you are with your partner — heaven!
43. “I am addicted to you…”
Addiction is not just on something that we taste or hold. We also get addicted to a person’s with and talent.
44. “I promise you that if I say I love you, I mean it.”
Saying i love you should not just be because of a habit but because that’s what we truly feel.
45. “God gave you to me…”
Always be thankful to God. He truly knows what you need most — and that’s a wonderful partner!
46. “A perfect marriage…”
Never let go of your partner, even if there are hindrances. You must always fight for each other.
47. “Still staying…”
Never let go of the person you love in spite of his/her imperfections.
48. “Proving your love…”
You have to prove how much you love your partner — not just through words but also through actions…
To keep the fire burning, you have to be very creative in making your partner feel special and one way to do that is through sending unique love messages that will make him or her feel valued. These messages are not only ideal for young partners but even those who have been celebrating their golden anniversary. In fact, you must never get tired letting your partner know how immeasurable your love is on a daily basis.
Good Morning Quote hopes that you have found the right unique love message that can completely describe your feelings. Check out our collection of
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67 Best Inspirational Self Love Quotes 2020 that Boost Self-confidence
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5 years agoon
December 28, 2019By
Word Porn2. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes.
3. Admire someone else’s beauty without questioning your own.
4. ‘Grow through what you go through’ Love Yourself Quotes Pouch.
5. Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, “Oh crap, she’s up!”
6. ‘Love yourself’ Self-love Quotes Tote Bag.
7. Some things take time.
8. I think everybody’s weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.
9. Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It is sanity.
10. ‘Loving myself’ Self-love Quotes Beach Towel.
11. My imperfections make me beautiful.
12. ‘Inhale confidence, exhale doubt’ Love Yourself Quotes Canvas Unisex 3/4 Raglan.
13. No regrets in life. Just lessons learned.
14. Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
15. Girrrl!! You are inspiring and beautiful.
16. Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break.
17. You are free to fail – A letter to me.
18. To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.
19. Inhale confidence. Exhale doubt.
20. ‘Inhale confidence, exhale doubt’ Love Yourself Quotes Next Level Racerback Tank.
21. I will be the best that I can be.
22. Love Yourself Quotes Pouch.
23. Our first and last love is self-love.
24. Self-pity gets you nowhere.
25. You are amazing. You are brave. You are strong.
Read Your Daily Self Love Bible Quotes
Reading a daily dose of self-love bible quotes will help you think of good things will happen for you today. It is necessary for anyone to have a peace of mind every morning. So, why not read these self-love bible quotes to help you get through your days and think “there is always light at the end of the tunnel”.
26. God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and love and of s sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7
27. When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.
28. I will WALK BY FAITH even when I can not see. 2 Corinthians 5:7
29. “This is my COMMAND – be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord, your God, is with you wherever you go.”
30. “Be STRONG and COURAGEOUS. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. -Deuteronomy 31:6
31. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your HEART. – Jeremiah 29:13
32. Let all that you do be done with love. -1 Corinthians
33. Dear Lord, When feelings of inferiority, insecurity, and self-doubt creep into my heart, help me to see myself the way you do.
Remember Your Beauty by these Empowering Self Love Quotes
You might think you are not beautiful but we are here to remind you otherwise. No one is ugly in this world. It’s just that you are different from the mainstream people. It is always good to be different. Remember, everyone is different from other people, you cannot be like someone completely without losing yourself. It is better to be different than to lose yourself while trying to be cool or popular.
34. You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. – Marcus Aurelius
35. A healthy self-love means we have no compulsion to justify to ourselves or others why we do things.
36. Let your inner voice speak louder than the opinions of others.
37. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
38. Be your own crazy, weird, wonderful self.
39. Act as if what you do makes a difference.
40. I am loved, I shine bright.
41. It is never too late to be what you might have been.
42. I believe in myself. I deserve to accomplish my goals.
43. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.
44. Exist to be happy, not to impress.
45. A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
46. Be full of self-worth.
47. Self-care is never a selfish act; it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have.
48. Self-love school. Lessons for cultivating your most important relationship.
49. Wanna know what the new relation ship goal is? Self-love is the new relationship goals.
50. She made a promise to herself to hold her own well-being sacred.
51. If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet.
52. The relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.
53. It ain’t what they call you, it’s what you answer to.
54. Love yourself so much that when someone treats you wrong, you recognize it.
55. When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn’t healthy.
56. Stop underestimating yourself.
57. ‘Love yourself first’ Self-love Quotes White Mug.
58. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
59. ‘Love your curves’ Love Yourself Quotes One-Piece Swimsuit.
60. To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our success.
61. ‘Keep Going’ Inspirational Love Yourself Quotes Towel.
62. Our self-respect tracks our choices every time we act in harmony.
63. Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth.
Feel Like a Prince and Princess with these Disney Self Love Quotes
Do not doubt your self-worth and stop questioning your purpose in living in this world we call Earth. Nothing beats the Disney movies when you are looking for self love quotes. The main purpose of these Disney films is to show the importance of oneself, that there are happy-ever-afters and the importance of love. From Pocahontas to Cinderella to Toy Story, every movie made and produced by Disney is made to make anyone remember to love themselves.
64. The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you UNIQUE. – Walt Disney
65. In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun, and -SNAP- the job’s a game! – Mary Poppins
66. All you need is FAITH, TRUST and a little PIXIE DUST. – Peter Pan
67. I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. – Douglas Adams
It is never easy to pull yourself up when you are down. You might need your family and friends to do so. Being alone can help you sometimes but most of the time, you will need someone to listen to your doubts and fears. There is a saying, “no mans an island”. You might think that you can do it by yourself, but it is never wrong to ask your friends to listen to you when your family cannot.
Asking other people’s help is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign that you are strong. Because admitting you need help takes courage and a lot of guts.
Do not forget to love yourself. Others might try to pull you down but you have to be strong to be able to move forward and live your future with a smile on your face.
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