Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)

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

"The eye sees only the surface; wisdom penetrates the depths."

"Those who become infatuated with themselves are more and more estranged from themselves."

"Solitude is the state of being alone with the Divine."

"Your time is limited; do not waste it living someone else's life."

"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."

"From evil, no light can be born; from ignorance, no wisdom."

"If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him."

"Do not believe in tradition merely because it is old; believe in it only after much analysis and testing."

"The foolish destroy themselves through their heedlessness."

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

"Few cross the river; most of them run up and down on this bank."

"Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts."

"Beware of the person who promises freedom while enslaving you to their method."

"Art is the space between what the world is and what the world could be."

"The deeper your compassion, the greater your connection to all beings."

"That which is striking and beautiful is not always good; but that which is good is always beautiful."

"Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love."

"The foolish man sees a branch fall and considers it a sign; the wise man sees the branch fall and continues on."

"Peace comes from within; do not seek it without."

"In the light of calm and steady self-awareness, inner energies wake up and work miracles."