More from Gautama Buddha
From a withered tree, a flower blooms.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha Awake. Be the witness of your thoughts. You are what observes, not what you observe.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha Rule your mind or it will rule you.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha True love is born from understanding.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha If a traveller does not meet with one who is his better, or his equal, let him firmly keep to his solitary journey; there is no companionship with a fool.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There’s only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha Attachment leads to suffering.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha
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Teresa PeresTeresa Peres But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
Lang LeavLang Leav Just because you haven’t seen how wonderful, beautiful, and special she is, doesn’t mean no one else will.
Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi More often than I am not, all I need is the rise of my own lungs – I am already complete.
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More on darkness
I am trying to find a way through this dark forest.
Mila AlexandrovnaMila Alexandrovna Seek you in me in your darkest times.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Sky; a map of constellations intertwined with dark and light.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett The prettiest girls shine brightest in the dark.
AtticusAtticus The dark is what makes the dawn breathtaking.
Shelby CaudleShelby Caudle I did everything I could to drag you into the light and you left me behind with nothing but darkness.
CindyCindy Somehow even in the dark, you can always turn to catch my kisses.
Holly DuxburyHolly Duxbury Like sunshine at midnight, you were there for me at my darkest hour when you had absolutely no reason to.
Hamilton K. AmadiHamilton K. Amadi
