Buddha Quotes and Sayings

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  We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.
   
• The rain could turn to gold
  And still your thirst would not be slaked.
  Desire is unquenchable
  Or it ends in tears, even in heaven.
   
• If the traveller cannot find
  Master or friend to go with him,
  Let him travel alone
  Rather than with a fool for company.
  
   
• Few cross over the river.
  Most are stranded on this side.
  On the riverbank they run up and down.
  But the wise man, following the way,
  Crosses over, beyond the reach of death.
   
• 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.
   
• Follow the way of virtue.
  Follow the way joyfully
  Through this world and on beyond!
   
• The fool laughs at generosity.
  The miser cannot enter heaven.
  But the master finds joy in giving
  And happiness is his reward.
   
• You are as the yellow leaf.
  The messengers of death are at hand.
  You are to travel far away.
  What will you take with you?