Buddha

“As a cowherd with his staff drives his cows into the stable, so do age and death drive the life of men.”

“Look upon this dressed-up body, a heap of corruption full of disease, around which fond thoughts cluster — there is nothing lasting, nothing stable.”

“This wisdom enters not the mind of the foolish.”

“Cut off this poisonous root of greed, and the tree shrivels and dies.”

“Let no man think lightly of merit, saying it will not come near me; even by the falling of water-drops a water-jar is filled.”

“He whose evil deeds are covered by good deeds, brightens up this world like the moon when freed from clouds.”

“Let one therefore conquer wrath by gentleness, evil by good, niggardliness by liberality, and the liar by truth.”

“Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if you are asked, from the little you have. By these three steps you will go near to the gods.”

“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”

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

“All we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything.”

“He who conquers himself is greater than he who conquers a thousand men in battle.”

“What we think, we become.”