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Buddha Quotes

«The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.»

Author: Buddha | Keywords: best, better known, Better Than Life, failure, Get Real, is not, knows, real, Real Me, The Best, to be, true, True Life, true to, true to life

«You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself»

Author: Buddha | Keywords: become, have, in and of itself, Itself, path, The Path, travel, travel by, travel to

«An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.»

Author: Buddha | About: Ideas | Keywords: action, developed, exists, idea, important, into, More, My ideas, only, put, put into action, put over, put through, put under, Than, that is, There exist

«When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky»

Author: Buddha | Keywords: back, backed up, backing, back out, back to back, Everything, from way back, head, head up, how, laugh, laugh at, Laugh In, On Our Backs, perfect, perfecting, perfects, realize, sky, take back, tilt, tilted, tilting, tilts, will

«However many holy words you read,However many you speak,What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?»

Author: Buddha | Keywords: act, acting out, act on, act out, act upon, Do, good, good will, holy, however, many, read, Read only, speak, speaking in, speaks in, speak up, spoken word, Them, they, words

«A jug fills drop by drop.»

Author: Buddha | Keywords: drop, drop by, drop in, drop out, fills, fill in, fill out, jug, jugs, to be filled

«The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.»

Author: Buddha | Keywords: blood, blooded, drawing, draw in, draw up, How to draw, i drew, kills, knife, knifes, like, sharp, sharps, sharp tongue, The Killing, tongue, tongued

«Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.»

Author: Buddha | About: Common sense | Keywords: agreeing, agrees, common, common sense, it No, no matter, read

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