It is good to have companions when occasion arises, and it is good to be contented with whatever comes.
Gautama BuddhaWhatever a person frequently thinks and reflects on, that will become the inclination of their mind.
Gautama BuddhaIf one man kills a hundred men, and another man masters himself, the second man is the much greater warrior.
Gautama BuddhaSurely if living creatures saw the results of all their evil deeds, they would turn away from them in disgust. But selfhood blinds them, and they cling to their obnoxious desires. They crave pleasure for themselves and they cause pain to others; when death destroys their individuality, they find no peace; their thirst for existence abides and their selfhood reappears in new births. Thus they continue to move in the coil and can find no escape from the hell of their own making.
Gautama BuddhaWhat we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our mind. If a man speaks or acts with an impure mind, suffering will follow him as the wheel of the cart follows the beast that draws the cart. If a man speaks or acts with a pure mind, joy follows him as his own shadow.
Gautama Buddha