Dhammapada Quotes - Page 2

• The wise have mastered body, word, and mind. They are the true masters.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wise, Mind, Body

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• Some do not understand that we must die, But those who do realize this settle their quarrels.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Realizing, Settling

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• Better than a thousand hollow words Is one word that brings peace. Better than a thousand hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace. Better than a hundred hollow lines Is one line of the dharma, bringing peace. It is better to conquer yourself Than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, Not by angels or by demons, Heaven or hell.

  Gautama Buddha

  Taken, Angel, Winning

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• Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

  Confucius

  Art, Truth, Anger

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• Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

  Laozi

  Uplifting, Confidence, Motivation

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• There is no fire like passion: there is no evil and hatred.

  Gautama Buddha

  Passion, Fire, Evil

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• Speak or act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Happiness, Mind, Speak

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• Look at your body— A painted puppet, a poor toy Of jointed parts ready to collapse, A diseased and suffering thing With a head full of false imaginings. —The Dhammapada

  Thomas Ligotti

  Suffering, Looks, Body

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• Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wise, Buddhist, Men

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• With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspiring, Wise, Buddhist

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• The fragrance of sandalwood and rosebay does not travel far. But the fragrance of virtue rises to the heavens.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspiring, Wise, Heaven

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• Better than a thousand hollow words Is one word that brings peace. Better than a thousand hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Bringing Peace, Thousand

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• Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.

  Horace

  Death, Running, Law

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• The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.

  Gautama Buddha

  Men, Ignorant, Size

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• The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

  Edmund Burke

  Journey, Ends, Traveller

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• It is better to live alone, there is no companionship with a fool.

  Max Muller

  Fool, Companionship

  Max Muller (2013). “Sacred Books of the East: Including Selections from the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta, Dhammapada, Upanishads, the Koran, and the Life of Buddha”, p.162, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Let a man overcome anger by love.

  Gautama Buddha

  Men, Overcoming, Liberality

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