Gautama Buddha

More from Gautama Buddha

• Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

  • Time

• Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

  • Anger

• On life’s journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.

  • Morality

All 25 quotes from Gautama Buddha

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• No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

  John Donne1572–1631No Man Is an Island (1624), Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions (1624), Meditation 17In context

• I came, I saw, I conquered.

  Julius Caesar100–44 BCInscription on the triumphal wagon reported in The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius, as translated by Robert Graves (1957).

  • Success

• The unexamined life is not worth living.

  Socrates470–399 BCThe Apology of Socrates (399 BC)

  • Philosophy