Gautama Buddha Quotes About Giving

• The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

  Gautama Buddha

  Happiness, Hate, Heart

• Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

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  Happiness, Happy, Buddhist

• Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.

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  Inspirational, Wisdom, Buddhist

• Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it

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  Monday, Work, Heart

• You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.

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  Giving Up, Don't Give Up, Community

• Before giving, the mind of the giver is happy; while giving, the mind of the giver is made peaceful; and having given, the mind of the giver is uplifted.

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  Giving, Peaceful, Mind

• The world is a looking glass. It gives back to every man a true reflection of his own thoughts. Rule your mind or it will rule you.

  Gautama Buddha

  Men, Reflection, Glasses

• Let a man neither give himself over to pleasures ... nor yet let him give himself over to self-mortification ... To the exclusion of both these extremes, the Truth-Finder has discovered a middle course.

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  Men, Self, Giving

• Most problems, if you give them enough time and space, will eventually wear themselves out

  Gautama Buddha

  Space, Giving, Enough Time

• Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion.

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  Buddhist, Giving Up, Way

• We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act.

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  Buddhist, Buddhism, Selfless Giving

• Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression. We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous. We experience joy in the actual act of giving something. And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given.

  Gautama Buddha

  Expression, Generosity, Giving

• Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred, but gives it room to grow. But, ancient wisdom has advocated a different timeless strategy to overcome hatred. This eternal wisdom is to meet hatred with non-hatred. The method of trying to conquer hatred through hatred never succeeds in overcoming hatred. But, the method of overcoming hatred through non-hatred is eternally effective. That is why that method is described as eternal wisdom.

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  Warrior, Giving, Hatred

• O men! you can take life easily but, remember, none of you can give life! So, have mercy, have compassion! And, never forget, that compassion makes the world noble and beautiful.

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  Beautiful, Men, Compassion

• Religion is a cow. It gives milk, but it also kicks.

  Gautama Buddha

  Giving, Religion, Cows

• Victory breeds hatred; the defeated live in pain. The peaceful live happily, giving up victory and defeat.

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  Pain, Giving Up, Military

• If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.

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  Inspiring, Buddhist, Giving

• 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.

  Gautama Buddha

  Anger, Giving, Three

• When giving to others do not linger on thoughts of a giving, what was given, or the one who has received.

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  Generosity, Giving, Giving To Others

• True charity occurs only when there are no notions of giving, giver, or gift.

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  Giving, Charity, Giver

• All of you knowing now, Tthat the Buddhas, the Teachers of the Ages, In accord with what is peculiarly appropriate, have recourse to expedient devices, Need have no more doubts or uncertainties. Your hearts shall give rise to great joy, Since you know that you yourselves Shall become Buddhas.

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  Teacher, Buddhist, Heart

• If beings knew, as I know, the results of giving & sharing, they would not eat without having given.

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  Giving, Results, Given

• Remember, the greatest gift to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest.

  Gautama Buddha

  People, Giving, Enlightenment

• A tree is a wonderful living organism which gives shelter, food, warmth and protection to all living things. It even gives shade to those who wield an axe to cut it down

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  Cutting, Giving, Tree

• By giving away food we get more strength. By bestowing clothing on others we gain more beauty. By donating abodes of purity and truth we acquire great treasures.

  Gautama Buddha

  Science, Giving, Religion

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