Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)

"It is better to travel well than to arrive."

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

"The greatest achievement is not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall."

"Love the whole world as a mother loves her only child."

"When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited; so will the right people come into your life when you become the right person."

"Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else."

"Whatever has the nature to arise has the nature to pass away."

"The only thing that grows by leaps and bounds is trouble."

"There is no greater wealth than health."

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

"If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone."

"Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds."

"Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."

"The greatest battles are fought within."

"Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone."

"The silence between your thoughts is who you are."

"This is the path to the Deathless; heedlessness is the path to death."

"A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is patient, duty-loving, and fearless, then he is in truth wise."

"The self is the lord of the self; who else could be the lord?"

"Whatsoever a person frequently thinks upon, that he will become."

"Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past is finished. The future is not here."

"If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete."

"Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance."

"Knowledge of the self is the beginning of all wisdom."

"Better to live one day as a lion than a hundred years as a sheep."

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

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants and contentment with one's lot."

"The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we can improve the lives of people."

"Every human being is the author of his own health or disease."

"Admiration for another increases with the distance."