Buddha

"The tongue like a sharp knife kills without drawing blood."

"There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires."

"Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance."

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

"He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he who loses faith loses all."

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."

"If you light a lamp for someone else it will also brighten your path."

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

"The greatest discovery is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."

"Even the greatest magician cannot deceive himself."

"Freedom comes not from without, but from within."

"A moment of patience may ward off great disaster."

"Whatever is not yours, let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your benefit and happiness."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

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

"Death is just another path, one that we all must take."

"One should as a ruler act towards his subjects as he would wish a ruler to act towards him."

"The greatest wealth is health."

"Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts."

"To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind—this is the teaching of all the Buddhas."

"He is not wise who thinks himself wise, but he who knows he knows not is wise."

"A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another."

"The greatest victories are those won without bloodshed."

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

"What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow."

"Everything is impermanent; everything is subject to change; being subject to change, everything is really characterized by suffering."

"Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The present moment is where life is."

"Hatred is conquered by love."

"The man who has conquered himself is greater than one who has conquered a thousand men in battle."

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