Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)

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

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

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened."

"What we think, we become."

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

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

"Hatred is never appeased by hatred, but is appeased by love. This is an eternal law."

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

"The greatest wealth is health."

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

"Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace."

"Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have."

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

"Attachment is the root of suffering."

"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it."

"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."

"The only true failure in life is the failure to try."

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

"Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind."

"The mind is like water. When it is turbulent, it is difficult to see. When it is calm, everything becomes clear."

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."

"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by persistence."

"If you meditate and develop your mind, you will gain a lot of insight."

"Purity and impurity depend upon oneself. No one can purify another."

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

"The root of suffering is attachment."

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become."

"Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so the wise are unshaken by praise or blame."

"Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance."