“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” - Buddha

“Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.” - Buddha

“The mind is everything. What you think you become.”

“I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.” - Buddha

“It is easy to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one’s own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice.” - Buddha

“There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.” - Buddha

“Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.” - Buddha

“Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.” - Buddha

“In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.” - Buddha

“In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.” - buddha