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Wat Phra Singh in Chiang Mai is one of the biggest Buddhist temples in the city and houses the Phra Buddha Sihing, an important Buddha statue.
In the Wat compound there are popular sayings about life attached to trees throughout the garden, which makes for an enlightened walk around the Wat. On my walks around the old city of I would often make a detour to this garden to ponder these Buddhist quotes on life.

Buddha Quotes on the Mind

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
The mind is everything. What you think you become.
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.
Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.

Buddha Quotes on Truth and Spirituality

To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.
You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
Purity or impurity depends on oneself. No one can purify another.
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.
Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.
Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
In separateness lies the world’s greatest misery; in compassion lies the world’s true strength.
When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.
If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.
If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.
Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook but the oceans depth are calm.
I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.
If you knew what I know about the power of giving you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you.
Look within, thou art the Buddha.

Buddha Quotes on Life, Peace and Love

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.
There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Buddha Quotes on Wisdom

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless.
You only lose what you cling to.
Pain is certain, suffering is optional.
As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.
The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There’s only one moment for you to live.
Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.
Wear your ego like a loose fitting garment.
The trouble is, you think you have time.
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
People with opinions just go around bothering one another.
Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.
There isn’t enough darkness in all the world to snuff out the light of one little candle.
One moment can change a day, one day can change a life and one life can change the world.
?Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you. They are all your teachers, each doing just the right things to help you.
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
True love is born from understanding.
Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.

More Buddha Quotes

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.
Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.
Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.
If you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do is keep on walking.

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