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Famous Jackie Robinson Quotes On Civil Rights & Determination

admin — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 23:15:03 +0000

As the first Major League Baseball player to break the color barrier in the 1940s, Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinsonhad to daily battle racism and gained the respect of generations while trailblazing for the civil rights movement. Though Jackie Robinson dealt with non-stop discrimination, his class and perseverance made history and served as a model for the greatness that is in the sport today and a legend in the struggle for civil rights in the United States. These quotes by Jackie Robinson on determination and fighting for civil rights will be inspirational for anyone looking to push through to victory.

In order for America to be 100 percent strong — economically, defensively and morally — we cannot afford the waste of having second- and third-class citizens.

Jackie Robinson

The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.

Jackie Robinson

It is up to us in the North to provide aid and support to those who are actually bearing the brunt of the fight for equality down South. America has its iron curtain, too.

Jackie Robinson

I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.

Jackie Robinson

I have always fought for my principles and spoken out for my ideals.

Jackie Robinson

I never believed in backing out just because things weren’t the best they could be.

Jackie Robinson

Yes, here is my homeground here and in all the Negro communities through the land. Here I stand.

Jackie Robinson

I was proud to be in the hurricane eye of a significant breakthrough and to be used to prove that a sport can’t be national if blacks are barred from it.

Jackie Robinson

I don’t owe any living person my soul, my integrity, my freedom of thought and speech.

Jackie Robinson

It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.

Jackie Robinson

It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.

Jackie Robinson

The many of us who attain what we may and forget those who help us along the line we’ve got to remember that there are so many others to pull along the way. The farther they go, the further we all go.

Jackie Robinson

My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.

Jackie Robinson

I believe in the goodness of a free society. And I believe that society can remain good only as long as we are willing to fight for it – and to fight against whatever imperfections may exist.

Jackie Robinson

Just because young people are quieter today, we’ve no right to assume that the problems are solved.

Jackie Robinson

A life has no importance except in the impact it has on other lives

Jackie Robinson

I do not believe that every person, in every walk of life, can succeed in spite of any handicap. That would be perfection. But I do believe that what I was able to attain came to be because we put behind us (no matter how slowly) the dogmas of the past: to discover the truth of today; and perhaps the greatness of tomorrow.

Jackie Robinson

I guess you’d call me an independent, since I’ve never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.

Jackie Robinson

There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.

Jackie Robinson

I yearned to just stay in bed. But no matter how terrible I felt, I had to get up.

Jackie Robinson

Recognition… has given me the determination to live as many more productive years as I can.

Jackie Robinson

We’re in a real crisis situation where many times people are being turned away at the door.

Jackie Robinson

Maybe I shouldn’t have said that, but I guess I did.

Jackie Robinson

I speak to you only as an American who happens to be an American Negro and one who is proud of that heritage. We ask for nothing special. We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis, and if we are not worthy, then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.

Jackie Robinson

I think if we go back and check our record, the Negro has proven beyond a doubt that we have been more than patient in seeking our rights as American citizens.

Jackie Robinson

We’d better stop using generation gap as an alibi for alienation. Young and old are guilty of that. We’d better build a bridge over that gap.

Jackie Robinson

Suppressed and repressed for so many years, they needed a victorious black man as a symbol. It would help them believe in themselves.

Jackie Robinson

I don’t think that I or any other Negro, as an American citizen, should have to ask for anything that is rightfully his. We are demanding that we just be given the things that are rightfully ours and that we’re not looking for anything else.

Jackie Robinson

I cannot possibly believe that I have it made while so many black brothers and sisters are hungry, inadequately housed, insufficiently clothed, denied their dignity as they live in slums or barely exist on welfare.

Jackie Robinson

This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.

Jackie Robinson

How much more effective our demands for a piece of the action would be if we were negotiating from the strength or our own self-reliance rather than stating our case in the role of beggar or someone crying out for charity.

Jackie Robinson

It kills me to lose. If I’m a troublemaker, and I don’t think that my temper makes me one, then it’s because I can’t stand losing. That’s the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.

Jackie Robinson

But as I write these words now I cannot stand and sing the National Anthem. I have learned that I remain a black in a white world.

Jackie Robinson

Civil rights is not by any means the only issue that concerns me — nor, I think, any other Negro. As Americans, we have as much at stake in this country as anyone else. But since effective participation in a democracy is based upon enjoyment of basic freedoms that everyone else takes for granted, we need make no apologies for being especially interested in catching up on civil rights

Jackie Robinson

Today, Negroes play on every big league club and in every minor league. With millions of other Negroes in other walks of life, we are willing to stand up and be counted for what we believe in. In baseball or out, we are no longer willing to wait until Judgment Day for equality – we want it here on earth as well as in Heaven.

Jackie Robinson

I’m not buying anti-white attitudes. Too many people who are not black have proven to me that being real isn’t qualified by skin color but by character.

Jackie Robinson

It hadn’t been easy. Some of my own teammates refused to accept me because I was black. I had been forced to live with snubs and rebuffs and rejections.

Jackie Robinson

If I had to choose between baseball’s Hall of Fame and first class citizenship for all of my people. I would say first-class citizenship.

Jackie Robinson

We have a social responsibility and we are held to a higher standard than other institutions.

Jackie Robinson

The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.

Jackie Robinson

We ask for nothing special. We ask only to be permitted to live as you live, and as our nation’s constitution provides.

Jackie Robinson

I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was the only black man out there… I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

Jackie Robinson

40+ Genghis Khan Quotes About Life, War & Happiness

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Famous the world over, Genghis Khan was a rare, legendary figure in the annuals of history of status that only a select few such as Alexander the Great or Julius Caesar could hope to match. In his lifetime, the Mongol leader's achievements in military strategy and political leadership were near unparalleled, conquering much of Asia with such a relatively tiny army that only a heavy emphasis on clever battle tactics and a keen mind for psychology could even hope to see victory. The quotes here are of a legendary genius' thoughts of life, war, and happiness that should inspire your own conquests.

If you’re afraid – don’t do it, – if you’re doing it – don’t be afraid!

I am the punishment of God…If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.

It is not sufficient that I succeed – all others must fail.

A person is more work to break his enemies, drive them before him, and of them all is to hear the screams of those they loved.

An action comitted in anger is an action doomed to failure.

I’m going by the law, so that peace and happiness in the world there are hard and fast rule.

I will rule them by fixed laws so that rest and happiness shall prevail in the world.

I am from the Barbaric North. I wear the same clothing and eat the same food as the cowherds and horse-herders. We make the same sacrifices and we share our riches.

In the space of seven years I have succeeded in accomplishing a great work and uniting the whole world in one Empire.

Even when a friend does something you do not like, he continues to be your friend.

Man’s greatest joy is to slay his enemy, plunder his riches, ride his steeds, see the tears of his loved ones and embrace his women.

A leader can never be happy until his people are happy.

Come and sip from the cup of destruction.

Despite all expectations, the time of my last campaign and of my passing is near. I wish to die at home. Let not my end disarm you, and on no account weep for me, lest the enemy be warned of my death.

The strength of a wall is neither greater nor less than the courage of the men who defend it.

The merit in action lies in finishing it to the end.

Those who were adept and brave fellows I have made military commanders. Those who were quick and nimble I have made herders of horses. Those who were not adept I have given a small whip and sent to be shepherds.

If lies can show the truth, they can be the truth, they can cause the truth, so I may build an empire on lies, but they are the truth.

Find your chill.

A man’s greatest moment in life is when his enemy lays vanquished, his village aflame, his herds driven before you and his weeping wives and daughters are clasped to your breast.

If unable to abstain from drinking, a man may get drunk three times a month; if he does it more than three times he is culpable; if he gets drunk twice a month it is better; if once a month, this is still more laudable; and if one does not drink at all what can be better? But where can I find such a man? If such a man were found he would be worthy of the highest esteem.

There is no good in anything until it is finished.

If my body dies, let my body die, but do not let my country die.

Happiness lies in conquering one’s enemies, in driving them in front of oneself, in taking their property, in savoring their despair, in outraging their wives and daughters.

With Heaven’s aid I have conquered for you a huge empire. But my life was too short to achieve the conquest of the world. That task is left for you.

One arrow alone can be easily broken but many arrows are indestructible.

A man’s greatest work is to break his enemies, to drive them before him, to take from them all the things that have been theirs, to hear the weeping of those who cherished them.

Heaven has appointed me to rule all the nations, for hitherto there has been no order upon the steppes.

Remember, you have no companions but your shadow.

Perhaps my children will live in stone houses and walled towns – Not I.

One of the joys of travel is visiting new towns and meeting new people.

Man’s highest joy is in victory: to conquer one’s enemies; to pursue them; to deprive them of their possessions; to make their beloved weep; to ride on their horses; and to embrace their wives and daughters.

I am the flail of god. Had you not created great sins, god would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.

Oh people, know that you have committed great sins. If you ask me what proof I have for these words, I say it is because I am the punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you!

The Greatest Happiness is to scatter your enemy and drive him before you. To see his cities reduced to ashes. To see those who love him shrouded and in tears. And to gather to your bosom his wives and daughters.

Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard.

Say ye unto the Khwarezmians that I am the sovereign of the sunrise, and [he is] the sovereign of the sunset. Let there be between us a firm treaty of friendship, amity, and peace, and let traders and caravans on both sides come and go.

People conquered on different sides of the lake should be ruled on different sides of the lake.

Heaven grew weary of the excessive pride and luxury of China… I am from the Barbaric North. I wear the same clothing and eat the same food as the cowherds and horse-herders. We make the same sacrifices and we share.. our riches. I look upon the nation as a new-born child and I care for my soldiers as though they were my brothers.

I hate luxury. I exercise moderation…It will be easy to forget your vision and purpose one you have fine clothes, fast horses and beautiful women. [In which case], you will be no better than a slave, and you will surely lose everything.

All who surrender will be spared; whoever does not surrender but opposes with struggle and dissension, shall be annihilated.

Violence never settles anything.

As my calling is high, the obligations incumbent upon me are also heavy; and I fear that in my ruling there may be something wanting.

Be of one mind and one faith, that you may conquer your enemies and lead long and happy lives.

When my call is high, the obligations of me, too, are heavy, and I fear that my decision may be something they want.

Not even a mighty warrior can brake a frail arrow when it is multiplied and supported by its fellows. As long as you brothers support one another and render assistance to one another, your enemies can never gain the victory over you. But if you fall away from each other your enemy can brake you like frail arrows, one at a time.

The pleasure and joy of man lies in treading down the rebel and conquering the enemy, in tearing him up by the root, in taking from him all that he has.

Just as God gave different fingers to the hand so has He given different ways to men.

When it was wet, we bore the wet together, when it was cold, we bore the cold together.

70+ Famous Quotes From And About Alexander The Great

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Alexander the Great was one of the world’s greatest conquerors and solidified the Greek Empire as one of the great empires in all of history. His tactical genius is a pillar of leadership and success which men such as Julius Caesar and Napoleon Bonaparte looked to for guidance in their own campaigns for conquest and we're sure you'll find something, too. The quotes presented here are representative of the kind of brilliance that Alexander presented throughout his life and we are sure these quotes can inspire you to your own quest for greatness.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

True love never has a happy ending, because there is no ending to true love.

Bury my body and don’t build any monument. Keep my hands out so the people know the one who won the world had nothing in hand when he died.

To the strongest!

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.

I foresee a great funeral contest over me.

The end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered.

With the right attitude, self imposed limitations vanish

As for a limit to one’s labors, I, for one, do not recognize any for a high-minded man, except that the labors themselves should lead to noble accomplishments.

Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied.

Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war.

Every light is not the sun.

Youths of the Pellaians and of the Macedonians and of the Hellenic Amphictiony and of the Lakedaimonians and of the Corinthians … and of all the Hellenic peoples, join your fellow-soldiers and entrust yourselves to me, so that we can move against the barbarians and liberate ourselves from the Persian bondage, for as Greeks we should not be slaves to barbarians.

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.

I send you a kaffis of mustard seed, that you may taste and acknowledge the bitterness of my victory.

Through every generation of the human race there has been a constant war, a war with fear. Those who have the courage to conquer it are made free and those who are conquered by it are made to suffer until they have the courage to defeat it, or death takes them.

I want the road to be covered with my treasure so that everybody sees that material wealth acquired on earth, stays on earth

Who does not desire such a victory by which we shall join places in our Kingdom, so far divided by nature, and for which we shall set up trophies in another conquered world?

I want the best doctors to carry my coffin to demonstrate that, in the face of death, even the best doctors in the world have no power to heal

How happy had it been for me had I been slain in the battle. It had been far more noble to have died the victim of the enemy than fall a sacrifice to the rage of my friends.

I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.

Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal.

Holy shadows of the dead, I’m not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people, to fight one another. I do not feel happy for this victory of mine. On the contrary, I would be glad, brothers, if I had all of you standing here next to me, since we are united by the same language, the same blood and the same visions.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

On their side more men are standing, on ours more will fight!

Now that the wars are coming to an end, I wish you to prosper in peace. May all mortals from now on live like one people in concord and for mutual advancement. Consider the world as your country, with laws common to all and where the best will govern irrespective of tribe. I do not distinguish among men, as the narrow-minded do, both among Greeks and Barbarians. I am not interested in the descendance of the citizens or their racial origins. I classify them using one criterion: their virtue. For me every virtuous foreigner is a Greek and every evil Greek worse than a Barbarian. If differences ever develop between you never have recourse to arms, but solve them peacefully. If necessary, I should be your arbitrator.

I do not steal victory.

Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason so that you can see the difference between a Greek king and a barbarian tyrant, so do not expect to suffer any harm from me. A king does not kill messengers.

God must have loved Afghans because he made them so beautiful.

There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of when I am doing well.

How should a man be capable of grooming his own horse, or of furbishing his own spear and helmet, if he allows himself to become unaccustomed to tending even his own person, which is his most treasured belonging?

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.

In the end, when it’s over, all that matters is what you’ve done.

Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue?

Dinocrates, I appreciate your design as excellent in composition, and I am delighted with it, but I apprehend that anybody who should found a city in that spot would be censured for bad judgement. For as a newborn babe cannot be nourished without the nurse’s milk, nor conducted to the approaches that lead to growth in life, so a city cannot thrive without fields and the fruits thereof pouring into its walls.

May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.

When we give someone our time, we actually give a portion of our life that we will never take back.

Do you not think it a matter worthy of lamentation that when there is such a vast multitude of them [worlds], we have not yet conquered one?

Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.

Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas [Greece] and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury. I have been appointed leader of the Greeks, and wanting to punish the Persians I have come to Asia, which I took from you.

I consider not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give.

Toil and risk are the price of glory, but

I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.

I am involved in the land of a leonine and brave people, where every foot of the ground is like a well of steel, confronting my soldier. You have brought only one son into the world, but everyone in this land can be called an Alexander.

My treasure lies in my friends .

My logisticians are a humorless lot … they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay.

What an excellent horse do they lose, for want of address and boldness to manage him! … I could manage this horse better than others do.

O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory!

But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.

My father will anticipate everything. He will leave you and me no chance to do a great and brilliant deed

I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy’s valor oftentimes depends the success of a battle, and false reports have many times done as great things as true courage and resolution.

From Love To Revolution – 70+ Famous Che Guevara Quotes

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Che Guevara, the leftist fighter, grew up in Argentina. He helped bring about a revolution in Cuba, exciting people with his vision of a more just and balanced world. Guevara wrote dozens of works in Spanish ranging from personal diaries to political manifestos. He also wrote The Motorcycle Diaries, a memoir of his travels through South America. 

Guevara’s works have inspired generations of socialist and leftist thought. He lived according to the principles of social justice and class equality. These are the most meaningful quotes from his work, ranging from political and social to personal topics. Che Guevara’s sayings will make you think about justice and getting involved in public debate.

Words without deeds are worthless.

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.

Where a government has come into power through some form of popular vote, fraudulent or not, and maintains at least an appearance of constitutional legality, the guerrilla outbreak cannot be promoted, since the possibilities of peaceful struggle have not yet been exhausted.

Everyday you have to fight so that love for humanity can be transformed into concrete deeds, into acts that set an example, that mobilize.

The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.

I have lived magnificent days.

The walls of the educational system must come down. Education should not be a privilege, so the children of those who have money can study.

If it is an element of liberation for Latin America, I believe that it should have demonstrated that. Until now, I have not been aware of any such demonstration. The IMF performs an entirely different function: precisely that of ensuring that capital based outside of Latin America controls all of Latin America.

Above all, always be capable of feeling deeply any injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world. This is the most beautiful quality in a revolutionary.

Democracy is not compatible with financial oligarchy.

Wealth is far from being within the reach of the masses simply through the process of appropriation.

It’s a sad thing not to have friends, but it is even sadder not to have enemies.

I knew that the moment the great governing spirit strikes the blow to divide all humanity into just two opposing factions, I would be on the side of the common people.

Justice remains the tool of a few powerful interests; legal interpretations will continue to be made to suit the convenience of the oppressor powers.

One must endure without losing tenderness.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians.

The basic clay of our work is the youth; we place our hope in it and prepare it to take the banner from our hands.

We must struggle every day so that this love for humanity becomes a reality.

Until the everlasting victory.

Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.

I would rather die standing up to live life on my knees.

Passion is needed for any great work, and for the revolution, passion and audacity are required in big doses.

We have no right to believe that freedom can be won without struggle.

At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.

In a revolution, one triumphs or dies.

I will fight with all the weapons within my reach rather than let myself be nailed to a cross or whatever.

The feeling of revolt will grow stronger every day among the peoples subjected to various degrees of exploitation, and they will take up arms to gain by force the rights which reason alone has not won them.

Every person has the truth in his heart. No matter how complicated his circumstances, no matter how others look at him from the outside, and no matter how deep or shallow the truth dwells in his heart, once his heart is pieced with a crystal needle, the truth will gush forth like a geyser.

Let the world change you and you can change the world.

To execute a man we don’t need proof of his guilt. We only need proof that it’s necessary to execute him. It’s that simple.

Those who kill their own children and discriminate daily against them because of the color of their skin; those who let the murderers of blacks remain free, protecting them, and furthermore punishing the black population because they demand their legitimate rights as free men – how can those who do this consider themselves guardians of freedom?

I don’t care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting.

The guerrilla fighter needs full help from the people of the area. This is an indispensable condition.

We must carry the war into every corner the enemy happens to carry it: to his home, to his centers of entertainment; a total war. It is necessary to prevent him from having a moment of peace, a quiet moment outside his barracks or even inside; we must attack him wherever he may be, make him feel like a cornered beast wherever he may move.

When forces of oppression come to maintain themselves in power against established law, peace is considered already broken.

I am not Christ or a philanthropist, old lady, I am all the contrary of a Christ…. I fight for the things I believe in, with all the weapons at my disposal and try to leave the other man dead so that I don’t get nailed to a cross or any other place.

Knowledge makes us accountable.

Every day People straighten up the hair, why not the heart?

Words that do not match deeds are unimportant.

Why does the guerrilla fighter fight? We must come to the inevitable conclusion that the guerrilla fighter is a social reformer, that he takes up arms responding to the angry protest of the people against their oppressors, and that he fights in order to change the social system that keeps all his unarmed brothers in ignominy and misery.

Live your life not celebrating victories, but overcoming defeats.

We should not allow the word democracy to be utilized apologetically to represent the dictatorship of the exploiting classes.

I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves.

Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.

I don’t know if the Cuban revolution will survive or not. It’s difficult to say. But [if it doesn’t] . . . don’t come looking for me among the refugees in the embassies. I’ve had that experience, and I’m not ever going to repeat it. I will go out with a machine gun in my hand, to the barricades. . . I’ll keep fighting to the end.

I have a wish. It as a fear as well – that in my end will be my beginning.

Let’s be realistic. Let’s do the impossible!

In fact, if Christ himself stood in my way, I, like Nietzsche, would not hesitate to squish him like a worm.

I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.

Our youth must always be free, discussing and exchanging ideas concerned with what is happening throughout the entire world.

We are overcome by anguish at this illogical moment of humanity.

The world must not only be interpreted, it must be transformed. Man ceases to be the slave and tool of his environment and converts himself into the architect of his own destiny.

Hatred is an element of struggle; relentless hatred of the enemy that impels us over and beyond the natural limitations of man and transforms us into effective, violent, selective, and cold killing machines. Our soldiers must be thus; a people without hatred cannot vanquish a brutal enemy.

The only passion that guides me is for the truth… I look at everything from this point of view.

Youth should learn to think and act as a mass. It is criminal to think as individuals!

There are no frontiers in this struggle to the death.. A victory for any member against imperialism is our victory, just as any country’s defeat is a defeat for all.

Study hard so that you can master technology, which allows us to master nature.

Don’t be afraid, commander, I’ll die by your side!’ The trouble was, I didn’t want to die at all, I’d rather send him to the devil instead. I think that’s what I did in fact

As long as imperialism exists it will, by definition, exert its domination over other countries. Today that domination is called neocolonialism.

Many will call me an adventurer, and that I am…only one of a different sort: one who risks his skin to prove his truths.

If any person has a good word for the previous government that is good enough for me to have him shot.

Words that do not match deeds are not important.

If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.

Man really attains the state of complete humanity when he produces, without being forced by physical need to sell himself as a commodity.

And then many things became very clear… we learned perfectly that the life of a single human being is worth millions of times more than all the property of the richest man on earth.

Our every action is a battle cry against imperialism, and a battle hymn for the people’s unity against the great enemy of mankind

My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and blood… Crazy with fury I will stain my rifle red while slaughtering any surrendered enemy that falls in my hands! With the deaths of my enemies I prepare my being for the sacred fight and join the triumphant proletariat with a bestial howl!

Over 100 Hundred of Our Favorite Buddha Quotes

Sam Gibbons — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:46:08 +0000

The founder of one of the world’s great philosophies, Buddha has inspired countless people through the ages. Here we have gathered some of his quotes about foundational topics in life. Regardless of where you are from or what your current situation is, they will serve as reminders of what is truly important.

Buddha Quotes On Life

If anyone can make sense of the mystery of life, it is Buddha. With these quotes, he has gotten to the very essence of what it means to be alive.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Buddha

What we think, we become.

Buddha

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Buddha

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

Buddha

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

Buddha

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

Buddha

It is better to travel well than to arrive.

Buddha

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

Buddha

To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

Buddha

It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

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Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

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Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken words.

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Purity or impurity depends on oneself.

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I do not dispute with the world; rather it is the world that disputes with me.

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All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind.

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Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is a pleasant thing.

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To support mother and father, to cherish partner and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing.

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Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing.

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Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken words.

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All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?

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Buddha Quotes On Love

He may have renounced his family life in his quest for understanding, but few people know more about universal love and compassion than Buddha. Expand your heart with this selection of his quotes.

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

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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.

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

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A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.

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He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.

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

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Radiate boundless love towards the entire world…

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Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.

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In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?

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If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.

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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.

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Love the whole world as a mother lovers her only child.

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Until he has unconditional and unbiased love for all beings, man will not find peace.

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The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.

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Never in the world does hatred cease by hatred; hatred ceases by love.

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Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

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The man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most ungrudging love; and the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from me.

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Whoever makes love grow boundless, and sets his mind for seeing the end of birth, his fetters are worn thin. If he loves even a single being, Good will follow. But the Noble One with compassionate heart for all mankind, generates abounding good.

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To him in whom love dwells, the whole world is but one family.

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Full of love for all things in the world, practicing virtue, in order to benefit others, this man alone is happy.

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Buddha Quotes On Karma

What goes around comes around. You reap what you sow. You’ve made your bed, now lie in it. These are the kinds of sayings that people associate with karma. However, the following quotes show that it has a deeper meaning.

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

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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.

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

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Karma grows from our hearts. Karma terminates from our hearts.

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Surely if living creatures saw the results of all their evil deeds, they would turn away from them in disgust. But selfhood blinds them, and they cling to their obnoxious desires. They crave pleasure for themselves and they cause pain to others; when death destroys their individuality, they find no peace; their thirst for existence abides and their selfhood reappears in new births. Thus they continue to move in the coil and can find no escape from the hell of their own making.

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Just as one can make a lot of garlands from a heap of flowers, so man, subject to birth and death as he is, should make himself a lot of good karma.

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All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.

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Once you know the nature of anger and joy is empty and you let them go, you free yourself from karma.

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When action comes out of nothing it creates no karma.

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One who previously made bad karma, but who reforms and creates good karma, brightens the world like the moon appearing from behind a cloud.

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To be selfish, greedy and unwilling to help the needy gives rise to future starvation and clothlessness.

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Man should make himself a lot of good karma.

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Not even death can wipe out our good deeds.

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If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.

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Buddha Quotes On Death

Few people can face death with as much equanimity as the Buddha did. Put this painful topic into perspective with these quotes and perhaps they will help you find some peace too.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

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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.

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Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering – an image of death.

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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.

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Death carries off a man busy picking flowers with an besotted mind, like a great flood does a sleeping village.

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We must be diligent today. To wait until tomorrow is too late. Death comes unexpectedly. How can we bargain with it?

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Here will I live in the rainy season, here in the autumn and in the summer: thus muses the fool. He realizes not the danger (of death).

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Even loss and betrayal can bring us awakening.

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Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.

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In our lives, change is unavoidable, loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change, lies our happiness and freedom.

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Those who are truly wise will remain unmoved by feelings of happiness and suffering, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, gain and loss.They will remain calm like the eye of a hurricane.

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Insignificant, is the loss of relatives, wealth and fame; The loss of wisdom is the greatest loss. Insignificant, is the increase of relatives, wealth and fame; The increase of wisdom is the highest gain. Therefore, you should train yourselves thus: “We will grow in the increase of wisdom” Thus you should train yourselves.

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He who never thinks of anything as ‘mine’ does not feel the lack of anything: he is never worried by a sense of loss.

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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.

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No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed.

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Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering – an image of death.

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Buddha Quotes About Happiness

People are driven by the search for happiness, whether they recognise this or not. Ironically, the process can cause a tremendous amount of suffering. Allow the following quotes of Buddha to help you find lasting satisfaction.

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

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If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows them like a never-departing shadow.

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Whatever is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness and benefit.

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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

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There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

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On life’s journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.

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If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

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Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.

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The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

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When you go into the space of nothingness, everything becomes known.

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When you have great joy, you will become Buddhas!

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He who, seeking his own happiness, punishes or kills beings who also long for happiness, will not find happiness after his death.

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When we feel happy and peaceful, our happiness and peace radiates around us, and others can enjoy it as well. This is called ‘the enjoyment of others of our body of bliss’.

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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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May everyone be happy and safe, and may their hearts be filled with joy.

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Let the wise guard their thoughts, which are difficult to perceive, extremely subtle, and wander at will. Thought which is well guarded is the bearer of happiness.

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The mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness.

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Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.

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Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

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True love is born from understanding.

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Buddha Quotes On Anger

Why would you listen to anything the Buddha says about anger? He may have a reputation as one of the world’s most peaceful men, but he understands the full spectrum of human emotion better than anyone else, as these quotes show.

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

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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.

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In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

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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.

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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.

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The man that is dominated by Anger Doth not know what is seemly and seeth not the Law; That man whom Hate doth accompany, Becometh like unto murky darkness.

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There are those who discover they can leave behind destructive reactions and become patient as the earth, unmoved by fires of anger or fear, unshaken as a pillar, unperturbed as a clear and quiet pool.

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And he who has considered all the contrasts on this earth, and is no more disturbed by anything whatever in the world, the Peaceful One, freed from rage, from sorrow, and from longing, he has passed beyond birth and decay.

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Through effort you will cross any raging flood, through energy you will pass any sorrow.

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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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It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

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The tongue like a sharp knife… Kills without drawing blood.

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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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Buddha Quotes On Suffering

Witnessing the suffering of those around him started the Buddha on his path of discovery, and as such it is a vast topic of study in Buddhism. These quotes illuminate the nature of suffering and help us dispel it.

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.

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Only within our body, with its heart and mind, can bondage and suffering be found, and only here can we find true liberation.

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May all that have life be delivered from suffering.

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To understand everything is to forgive everything.

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Pain in life is inevitable but suffering is not. Pain is what the world does to you, suffering is what you do to yourself [by the way you think about the ‘pain’ you receive]. Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. [You can always be grateful that the pain is not worse in quality, quantity, frequency, duration, etc]

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“All conditioned things are impermanent” – when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.

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By oneself the evil is done, and it is oneself who suffers: by oneself the evil is not done, and by one’s Self one becomes pure.

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A virtuous man or woman who is determined to develop the Supreme Enlightened Mind, should thus develop it: I have to lead all living beings to put a stop to (reincarnation) and escape (suffering), and when they have been so led, not one of them in fact stops (reincarnating) or escapes suffering. Why? Because, if a Bodhisattva believes in the notion of an ego, a personality, or a living being, he is not a true Bodhisattva.

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I’ve got children’, ‘I’ve got wealth.’ This is the way a fool brings suffering on himself. He does not even own himself, so how can he have children or wealth?

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

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One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases – and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the path.

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The root of suffering is attachment.

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Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.

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Pain is certain, suffering is optional.

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The second noble truth is the cause of suffering. The cause of suffering is lust. The surrounding world affects sensation and begets a craving thirst, which clamors for immediate satisfaction. The illusion of self originates and manifests itself in a cleaving to things. The desire to live for the enjoyment of self entangles us in the net of sorrow. Pleasures are the bait and the result is pain.

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The wise who injure no living being, who keep themselves under self-control, they go to the unchangeable realm of Nirvana where sorrow and suffering are no more.

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There is no suffering for the traveler who has reached the end of his journey. He is free from all sorrows: the fetters that bound him are thrown away and the burning fever of life is no more.

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Let each person direct himself to what is right and proper, and then teach others. By doing so, he can avoid pain and suffering.

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Men, driven by fear, go for refuge in the mountains and forests, the grooves and sacred shrines. But these places are not safe refuge for they do not free a man from suffering.

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Let a man forsake anger and pride, let him overcome all bondage. No sorrow or suffering can befall a man who is free from attachment to existence and calls nothing his own.

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Buddha Quotes On Friendship

In a way, the Buddha was a friend to all of humanity, to all living forms in fact. Read the following quotes and let them provide you with a new perspective on your relationships.

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.

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A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

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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.

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Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.

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If you knew how perfect things are… you would tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

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To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.

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We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.

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The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

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The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn the past nor worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

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Buddha Quotes On Love And Marriage

Before embarking on his journey of discovery, the Buddha was married and even had a child. So it is not only from his boundless wisdom but also his personal history that he speaks to us about love and marriage in these quotes.

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Buddha Quotes About Change

One of the most important concepts in Buddhism deals with the inevitability of change. It is no surprise then that quotes about this phenomenon are one of our main categories of quotes. Use them as an opportunity to reflect on impermanence.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

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Everything changes, nothing remains without change.

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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.

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Your work is to discover the world, and then with all your heart give yourself to it.

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An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

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However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do If you do not act upon them?

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Teach this triple truth to all… A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.

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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 reasons and your own common sense.

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

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

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If we destroy something around us we destroy ourselves. If we cheat another, we cheat ourselves.

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Life is dear to all beings, they have the right to live the same that we do.

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I never see what has to be done. I only see what remains to be done.

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Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

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All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If people speak or act with evil thoughts, pain follows them. If people speak or act with pure thoughts, happiness follows them, like a shadow that never leaves them.

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Live like a mighty river.

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Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like) ; fletchers bend the arrow ; carpenters bend a log of wood ; wise people fashion themselves.

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The good renounce everything. The pure don’t babble about sensual desires. Whether touched by pleasure or pain, the wise show no change of temper.

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With our thoughts we make the world.

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Times of luxury do not last long, but pass away very quickly; nothing in this world can be long enjoyed.

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