Buddha

"There is nothing to fear except fear itself."

"The greatest religion is to be true to oneself."

"Comparison is the thief of joy."

"It is in the nature of things that joy arises in one who is free."

"Believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself."

"Community is where you make your small circle of friends feel that life is just as full as the greatest city."

"You cannot travel the path until you have become the path yourself."

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

"The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart."

"What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and what we will be tomorrow comes from our thoughts of today."

"The mind is everything. What you think, you become, but remember that becoming takes time and patience with yourself."

"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."

"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."

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

"What we think, we become. What we feel, we attract. What we imagine, we create."

"Ambition is like a lofty tree that grows on stony ground. Its roots are weak and it can be uprooted by a slight breeze."

"Conquer yourself rather than a thousand men in battle."

"The greatest prayer is patience."

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

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

"He who conquers himself is greater than one who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield."

"Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die."

"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good of one and all, accept it and live up to it."

"The mind precedes all phenomena. Mind is their leader; mind is their maker."

"Attachment is the root of suffering."

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life. Do it with passion and purpose."

"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but through persistence."

"Every morning we are born again. What we do today matters most."

"Wisdom is not found in books alone. It is found in the heart that listens."