- "The root of suffering is attachment."
- "All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
- "What you think you become, what you feel you attract, what you imagine you create."
- "The trouble is you think you have time."
- "Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded."
- "To understand everything is to forgive everything."
- "Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die."
- "There is no path to happiness. Happiness is the path."
- "No matter how hard the past, you can alway begin again."
- If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete."
- "The whole secret of existence is to have no fear."
- "Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most."
- Do not dwell in the past, do nor dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
- "Be kind to all creatures, this is the true religion."
- "Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace."
- It is better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you are not."
- Siddhartha Shakya,
Founder of Buddhism