Buddha

"You yourself deserve your love and affection as much as anybody in the entire universe deserves it."

"The way to Nirvana is not found by adding anything new to the mind."

"No one outside ourselves can rule us inwardly. When we know this, we become free."

"Mindfulness is the path to the Deathless. Heedlessness is the path to death."

"Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill."

"Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no longer is. The future has not yet come. Looking deeply at life as it is, in this very moment, the practitioner dwells in stability and freedom."

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

"It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways."

"Consider others as yourself."

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly."

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

"Better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles."

"Do not blindly believe what I say just because I am your teacher."

"Patience is not a sign of weakness, it is a sign of strength."

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

"Desire is the root of suffering."

"An act of kindness is the beginning of a chain reaction."

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

"Attachment is the root of suffering."

"No one is inferior to me or superior to me, but no one is quite like me either."

"The mind precedes all knowable things."

"Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together."

"Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change the world."

"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."

"Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life."

"Do not fear what you have not yet experienced."

"Before enlightenment chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water."

"Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think."

"He who is slow to wrath is better than the mighty."