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Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.

Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.

The greatest effort is not concerned with results.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

My religion is not deceiving myself.

The greatest meditation is a mind that let’s go.

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little

We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value?

If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial.

If you study carefully, you will see that Buddhism is based on reason. There is an element of flexibility inherent in it, which is not found in any other religion.

Believe nothing,No matter where you read it,Or who has said it,Not even if I have said it,Unless it agrees with your own reasonAnd your own common sense.

All know the way, but few actually walk it.

We have this recurring dream that we’re human beings, that we have bodies, that we’re in time and space, that there is birth and death. To awaken from the dream of life is to be conscious of eternity.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

It is very important that your career raises your awareness. If your career is lowering your personal power, then it has got to change.

The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.

I’ve been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that’s what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and recognizing the humanity in others.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.

One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.

Instead of becoming the world’s expert on Buddhism, just let go, let go, let go.

If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism.

The greatest achievement is selflessness.The greatest worth is self-mastery.The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.The greatest precept is continual awareness.The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.The greatest generosity is non-attachment.The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.The greatest patience is humility.The greatest effort is not concerned with results.The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

When there is no thought in the mind, no thought of thought, when the mind is quiet but fully alert, we experience a little bit of enlightenment.