Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)

"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting."

"If the problem can be solved, then there is no use worrying about it. If it cannot be solved, then there is no use worrying about it."

"To be idle is a short death; to work is to live."

"Holding on to anger is like holding on to a hot coal with the intention of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."

"The worst kind of suffering is not to know your purpose."

"When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."

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

"By conquering oneself, one conquers all."

"Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering."

"The gift of Dhamma surpasses all gifts."

"Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and without stars."

"Even as a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, I am not shaken by praise or blame."

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

"There is nothing to fear but fear itself."

"The mind is the source of all misery and the source of all happiness."

"One should not be careless; mindfulness is the path to the Deathless."

"Let yourself be open and life will be easier."

"What is the use of scriptures if they prevent you from thinking?"

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

"Virtue is the path to happiness; vice is the path to suffering."

"The mind is like water. When turbulent, it's hard to see. When calm, the answer becomes clear."

"To understand everything is to forgive everything."

"The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me."

"Life is suffering, but suffering can end."

"Do not accept my words on faith, test them as a scientist tests gold."

"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek."

"Delight in meditation and solitude. Compose yourself, happy."

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

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new."

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."