Buddha

"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."

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"What we think, we become."

"If you do not change, you can become extinct."

"The root of suffering is attachment."

"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."

"Your purpose in life is not just to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate."

"If you propose to speak, always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind."

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

"Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness."

"He is able who thinks he is able."

"Comparison is a death knell to sibling harmony."

"I never lose. I either win or learn."

"Virtue is perseverance in well-doing."

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

"Give, even if you only have a little."

"To avoid evil acts, cultivate the mind."

"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."

"Ambition is like a lasso. If you throw it and miss, you have lost your rope. But if you throw it and it wraps around something, you have bound yourself."