Some
quotes from Speaking Tree by Gautam Buddha.
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From
craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving
there's no grief- so how fear?
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You
cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself
·
I
never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done
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Better
than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace
·
I
gained nothing at all from Supreme Enlightenment, and for that very reason it
is called Supreme Enlightenment
·
The
cause of all pain and suffering is ignorance
·
To
conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others
·
The
man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most
ungrudging love; and the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from
me
·
In
a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the
truth, and have begun striving for ourselves
·
There
has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it
·
There
is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is
a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is
a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills