Little enlightenment from Buddha

- All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.
- 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.
- Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment
- 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.
- 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.
- Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.
- You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
- To understand everything is to forgive everything.
- We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.