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Gautama Buddha Quotes: Be lamps unto yourselves; be your own confidence. Hold truth within yourselves.
         

Be lamps unto yourselves; be your own confidence. Hold truth within yourselves.


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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading



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Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.



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Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.



Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.



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



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The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.



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