“Crying with the wise is better than laughing with the fool.”
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Famous Gautama Buddha Quotes
“The wind cannot shake a mountain. Neither praise nor blame moves the wise man.”
“It is the fool who is haunted by fears, dread of dangers, oppression of mind, not the wise man.”
“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.”
“He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.”
“All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?”
“Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.”
“Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.”
“There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.”
“Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.”
“It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.”
“Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.”
“The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.”
“The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.”