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Born out of concern for all beings. -- Buddha

A jug fills drop by drop. -- Buddha

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule. -- Buddha

You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together. -- Buddha

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. -- Buddha

As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds. -- Buddha

There is, Oh Monks, a not-born, a not-become, a not-made, a not-compounded. Monks, if that unborn, not-become, not-made, not-compounded were not, there would be no escape from this here that is born, become, made and compounded. -- Buddha

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. -- Buddha

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it. -- Buddha

Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed. -- Buddha

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. -- Buddha

Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to everyone else. -- Buddha

Ye must leave righteous ways behind, not to speak of unrighteous ways. -- Buddha

If a man possesses a repentant spirit his sins will disappear, but if he has an unrepentant spirit his sins will continue and condemn him for their sake forever. -- Buddha

Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace. -- Buddha

Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination. -- Buddha

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

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. -- Buddha

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. -- Buddha

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good. -- Buddha

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. -- Buddha

All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, We make our world. -- Buddha

Decay is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence. -- Buddha

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. -- Buddha

Everything changes, nothing remains without change. -- Buddha

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

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

A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering. -- Buddha

He is able who thinks he is able. -- Buddha

Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed. -- Buddha

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. -- Buddha

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Everything is changeable, everything appears and disappears; there is no blissful peace until one passes beyond the agony of life and death. -- Buddha

Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence. -- Buddha

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

If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure. -- Buddha

What we think, we become. -- Buddha

They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing right and wrong, may be called guardians of the dharma. -- Buddha

To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle. -- Buddha

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear. -- Buddha

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them. -- Buddha

Inward calm cannot be maintained unless physical strength is constantly and intelligently replenished. -- Buddha

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting. -- Buddha

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned. -- Buddha

Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom. -- Buddha

Believe nothing merely because you have been told 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 kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide. -- Buddha

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten. -- Buddha

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

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

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. -- Buddha

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world. -- Buddha

Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care. -- Buddha

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

You are all the Buddha. -- Buddha

Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money. After a heady experience of that kind, normally sensible people drift into behavior akin to that of Cinderella at the ball. -- Warren Buffett

...it's a good idea to review past mistakes before committing new ones. -- Warren Buffett

Marihuana is a more dangerous drug than heroin or cocaine. I am surprised to learn that certain police officers have been inclined to minimize the effects of the use of marihuana. They would, I am sure, be convinced that the drug is adhering to its Old World traditions of murder, assault, rape, physical demoralization, and mental breakdown. A study of the effects of marihuana shows clearly that it is a dangerous drug, and Bureau records prove that its use is associated with insanity and crime. -- Bulletin of the FBI

No one understood better than Stalin that the true object of propaganda is neither to convince nor even to persuade, but to produce a uniform pattern of public utterance in which the first trace of unorthodox thought immediately reveals itself as a jarring dissonance. -- Alan Bullock

'Tis impossible to be sure of anything but Death and Taxes. -- Christopher Bullock

The pen is mightier than the sword. -- Edward Bulwer-Lytton

There is no man so friendless but what he can find a friend sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths. -- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues. -- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength. -- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness. -- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness. -- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while. -- Luther Burbank

Concepts of justice must have hands and feet or they remain sterile abstractions. The hands and feet we need are efficient means and methods to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and at the lowest possible cost. -- Justice Warren E. Burger

There can be no assumption that today’s majority is “right” and the Amish or others like them are “wrong.” A way of life that is odd or even erratic but interferes with no right or interests of others is not to be condemned because it is different. -- Justice Warren E. Burger

... ours is a sick profession marked by incompetence, lack of training, misconduct and bad manners. Ineptness, bungling, malpractice, and bad ethics can be observed in court houses all over this country every day ... these incompetents have a seeming unawareness of the fundamental ethics of the profession. ... the harsh truth is that ... we may well be on our way to a society, overrun by hordes of lawyers, hungry as locusts, and brigades of judges in numbers never before contemplated. -- Justice Warren E. Burger

There are many prices we pay for freedoms secured by the First Amendment; the risk of undue influence is one of them, confirming what we have long known: Freedom is hazardous, but some restraints are worse. -- Justice Warren E. Burger

Judges ... rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times. -- Justice Warren E. Burger

Without bigots, eccentrics, cranks and heretics the world would not progress. -- Frank Gelett Burgess

No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. He, who has nothing, and who himself belongs to another, must be defended by him, whose property he is, and needs no arms. But he, who thinks he is his own master, and has what he can call his own, ought to have arms to defend himself, and what he possesses; else he lives precariously, and at discretion. -- James Burgh

All lawful authority, legislative, and executive, originates from the people. -- James Burgh

They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance. -- Edmund Burke

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