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1 " Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.] "
― Gautama Buddha , The Dhammapada
2 " True love is born from understanding. "
― Gautama Buddha , An Abundance of Katherines
3 " To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana. "
― Gautama Buddha , Cold Mountain
4 " Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living. "
― Gautama Buddha , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
5 " What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil. "
― Gautama Buddha , White Night
6 " May all that have life be delivered from suffering "
― Gautama Buddha , Shirley
7 " However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? "
8 " All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon.... If a man speak or act with a good thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him. "
― Gautama Buddha , P.S. I Love You
9 " Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. "
― Gautama Buddha , Les Misérables
10 " Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. "
― Gautama Buddha , Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
11 " With our thoughts we make the world. "
― Gautama Buddha , The Guns of Avalon
12 " Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others. "
― Gautama Buddha , Dreamland
13 " a dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. a man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker. "
― Gautama Buddha , Eragon
14 " Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another. "
― Gautama Buddha , The Prophet
15 " Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side. "
― Gautama Buddha , Veronika Decides to Die
16 " When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die. "
― Gautama Buddha , The Strawberry Statement: Notes of a College Revolutionary
17 " Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth. "
― Gautama Buddha , The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
18 " To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual. "
― Gautama Buddha , The Great Santini
19 " Speak the truth do not become angered and give when asked, even be it a little. By these three conditions one goes to the presence of the gods. "
20 " Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth. "
― Gautama Buddha , I Capture the Castle