1. Standing alone is better than being around people who don’t value you.
2. Every end is new beginning.
3. Silence is best reply to fool.
4. Never stop trying. Never give up. Your day will come.
5. Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
6. Stop looking for happiness in the same place you lost it.
7. If you can stay positive in a negative situation, You Win.
8. Fear does not stop death, it stops life.
9. When one door closes, another opens.
10. Life is very short, so break your silly egos, forgive quickly, believe slowly, love truly, laugh loudly and never avoid anything that makes you smile…
11. Believe in yourself, when everyone else doesn’t.
12. The key to happiness: focus on your own journey.
13. The strongest hearts have most scars.
14. Never stop learning, because life never stops teaching.
15. You cannot heal in the same environment where you got sick.
16. Never argue with a fool! People watching may not able to tell the difference.
17. Don’t treat people as bad as they are, treat them as good as you are.
18. Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.
19. The most dangerous creature on earth is a fake friend.
20. Meditate to investigate, observe, examine and logical interpret to find answers of unanswerable by others because some questions can’t be answered by search engines like google. –bns
21. No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
22. Train your mind to see the good in everything. Positivity is a choice. The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
23. Rise above your anger through forgiveness and compassion, for yourself, and others.Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.

    Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.”

    Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at somone else; you are the one who gets burned.

    You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

I forgive people. It doesn’t mean I accept their behavior or trust them. It means I forgive them for me, so I can let go and move on with my life.

24. Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
25. Being a good person does not depend on your religion, status in life, skin color, political views or culture. It depends on how you treat others.
26. Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay; You are here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.
27. Don’t choose the one who is beautiful to the world. But rather, choose the one who makes your world beautiful.
28. Stay away from people who make you feel like you aren’t worth their time.
29. What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.
30. Don’t believe in in luck, believe in hard work and make yourself your own luck.
31. Don’t be afraid of change. It’s going to happen anyway.
32. You are the problem. And only YOU are the solution.
33. Every day is another chance to change your life.
34. It is not selfish to do what is best for you.
35. I don’t care what people think or say about me, I know who I am; and I don’t have to prove anything to anyone!
36. Keep people in your life that truly: Love you, Motivate you, Encourage you, Inspire you, Enhance you and make you happy. If you have people who do none of the above, let them go.
37. A pretty face gets old. A nice body will change; but a good heart will always be good.
38. Don’t cry over the past; It’s gone! Don’t stress over the future; It hasn’t arrived! Live in the present and make it beautiful.
39. Buddha was asked, “What have you gained from meditation?” He replied, “Nothing! However, let me tell you what I have lost: anger, anxiety, depression, insecurity, fear of old age and death.”
40. Life is such a great teacher that when you don’t learn a lesson; It will repeat it.
41. A happy person is happy, not because everything is right in his life. He is happy because his attitude towards everything in his life is right.
42. If you truly want to change your life, you first must be willing to change your mind.
43. Failures are part of life. If you don’t fail, you don’t learn. If you don’t learn you will never succeed.
44. Don’t blame people for disappointing you. Blame yourself for expecting too much from them.
45. Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody wants to start with themselves.
46. If you stand for a reason, be prepared to stand alone like a tree, and if you fall on the ground, fall like a seed that grows back to fight again.
47. If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.
48. Never reply when you are angry. Never make a promise when you are happy. Never make a decision when you are sad.
49. The problem with closed minded people, is that their mouth is always open.
50. Do not learn how to react. Learn how to respond.
51. I prefer loneliness over fake company.
52. Accept that you are not important to some people, and move on.
53. Never stop trying, never stop believing, never give up, your day will come.
54. Never lose faith in yourself; you can do anything in the universe.
55. If you focus on HURT, you will continue to suffer. If you focus on the LESSON, you will continue to GROW.
56. If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
57. People talk behind your back for 3 reasons: 1. When they can’t reach your level. 2. When they don’t have what you have. 3.When they try to copy your lifestyle, but can’t.
58. Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
59. You will never be brave, if you don’t get hurt. You will never learn, if you don’t make mistakes. You will never be successful, if you don’t encounter failure.
60. Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, that is your teacher.
61. Ego is just a small three letter word, which can destroy a big twelve letter word called Relationship.
62. You are the first victim of your own anger.
63. Miserable people focus on the things they hate about their life. Happy people focus on the things they love about their life.
64. Never judge someone by the opinion of others.
65. They will never understand until it happens to them.
66. You may fall in love with the beauty of someone, but remember that finally you have to live with the character, not the beauty.
67. Life is a circle of happiness, sadness, hard times and good times. If you are going through hard times, have faith that good times are coming.
68. Buddhism is a philosophy of life not a religion.
69. Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.
70. A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything.
71. Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful.
72. Your expectations hurt you more than anything else.
73. Hope is the one thing that is stronger than fear.
74. People change for two reasons: either their minds have been opened or their hearts have been broken.
75. Freedom comes when you stop caring about what others think of you.
76. There are three solutions to every problem:
    Accept it, change it or leave it.
    If you can’t accept it, change it.
    If you can’t change it, leave it.
77. Do not correct a fool, because he will hate you; correct a wise man, he will appreciate you.
78. Never misuse the one who likes you; Never say busy to the one who needs you; Never cheat the one, who really trust you; Never forget the one, who always remember you.
79. Like me or hate me both are in my favor. If you like me I am in your heart; If you hate me I am in your mind.
80. Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; Conquer the wicked by goodness; Conquer the
    stingy by generosity, and Conquer the liar by speaking the truth.
81. If you can’t change a situation, change your perception of it. Remember, most of your stress comes from the way you respond, not the way life is.
82. Don’t hate jealous people. They are jealous because they think you are better than them.
83. The problem is not the problem. The problem is the incredible amount of over thinking you are doing with the problem. Let it go and be free.
84. Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
85. The root of suffering is attachment.
86. Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
87. The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
88. Be with someone who is good for your mental health.
89. When nails grow long, we cut nails not fingers. Similarly, when misunderstanding grow up, cut your ego, not your relationship.
90. You only live once… False! You live every day. You only die once.
91. Never forget 3 kind of peoples in life:
    Who helped you in difficult times.
    2. Who left you in difficult times.
    3. Who put you in difficult times.
92. Never show your weakness to the world; because world is much interested to play with it.
93. A.I.N.S : Positive Attitude In Negative Situation.
94. Change is never painful. Only the resistance to change is painful.
95. Don’t trust the people who tells you other people’s secrets.
96. Arguing with fool is like killing the mosquito on your cheek. You might kill it or not, but you will end up slapping yourself for sure.
97. Control your “ANGER” because it is just one letter away from ‘D’ ANGER.
98. Three words better than “I love You” are “I Trust You.”
99. There are two ways to be happy: Change your situation, or change your mindset towards it.
100. Suffering is not holding you, you are holding suffering.
101. Don’t be a slave to your thoughts. Control them.
102. Don’t believe those who tell you they love you, believe those who show you they do.
103. Definition of fool: Knowing the truth, seeing the truth, but still believing the lies…
104. You can’t always be strong, but you can always be brave.
105. True love is born from understanding.
106. Don’t depend so much on anyone in this world; because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.
107. I am in competition with no one. I have no desire to play the game of being better with anyone. I am simply trying to be better than the person I was yesterday.
108. Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?
109. If someone treats you badly, just remember: There is something wrong with them, not you. Healthy people don’t go around destroying others.
110. Easy is to judge the mistakes of others. Difficult is to recognize our own mistakes.
111. Fake friends believe in rumors. Real friends believe in you.
112. Everything in your life is a reflection of a choice you have made. If you want a different result, make a different choice.
113. If you want to know your future, look at what you are doing at this moment.
114. Peaceful Living: Don’t judge others. Don’t worry about what others say. Enjoy each and every day. Give to the less fortunate. Make peace with your past. Show your love. You make your own happiness!
115. If you really want to change world, go home and love your family.
116. If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
117. Never cry for that person who doesn’t know the value of your tears.
118. Wake up with Determination; Go the bed with Satisfaction.
119. Don’t tell people your plans, show them your results.
120. Honest is a very expensive gift. Don’t expect it from cheap people.
121. Time and Karma: When a bird is alive, it eats ants. When the bird had died, ants eat it. One tree can be made into a million matchsticks, but only one matchstick is needed to burn a million trees. Circumstances can change at any time. Don’t devalue or hurt anyone in this life. You may be powerful today but time is more powerful than you. So be good and do good.
122. How to talk:
     Talk to mother lovingly.
     Talk to father respectfully.
     Talk to wife truthfully.
     Talk to brother heartfully.
     Talk to sister affectionately.
     Talk to children enthusiastically.
     Talk to relatives empathetically.
     Talk to friends jovially.
     Talk to officials politely.
     Talk to vendors strictly.
     Talk to customers honestly.
     Talk to workers courteously.
     Talk to politicians carefully.
123. Respect the old when you are young. Help the weak when you are strong. Confess the fault when you are wrong. Because one day in life you will be old, weak, and wrong.
124. It is during the worst storms of your life that you will get to see the true colors of the people who say they care for you.
125. If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path.
126. Work for a cause, not for applause. Live life to express, not to impress. Don’t strive to make your presence noticed just make your absence felt.
127. Let people judge you. Let them misunderstand you. Let them gossip about you. What they think of you isn’t your problem. Their opinions don not pay your bills. So you stay kind, committed to love, and free in your authenticity, and no matter what they do or say… never doubt your worth or the beauty of your truth. You keep on shining and let the haters hate.
128. Every situation in life is temporary. So, when life is good, make sure you enjoy and receive it fully, and when life is not so good, remember that it will not last forever and better days are on the way.
129. When we are wrong and we surrender, it means we are honest. When we are in doubt and we surrender, it means we are wise; but when we are right and we surrender, it means we value relations.
130. A strong person loves, forgives, walks away, let’s go, tries again, perseveres… No matter what life throws at them.
131. Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
132. Life is short. Spend it with people who make you laugh and feel loved.
133. If you are still looking for that one person who will change your life, take a look in the mirror.
134. When you focus on problems, you get more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you have more opportunities.
135. Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
136. Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.
137. Your opinion of me does not define who I am.
138. When you see yourself in others, it is impossible to hurt anyone else.
139. Anything that makes you weak physically and mentally reject it as poison.
140. Beautiful things happen when you distance yourself from the negative.
141. Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.
142. One of the hardest lesson in life is letting go. Whether it’s guilt, anger, love, loss or betrayal.    Change is never easy. We fight to hold on and we fight to let go.
143. A man asked Buddha “I want happiness.” Buddha said first remove “I” that’s ego. Then remove “Want” that’s desire. See now you are left with only “Happiness”
144. The mind is everything. What you think you become.
145. Physical charms attract the eyes; goodness attracts the mind.
146. Flattering words are but honey-coated poison.
147. Light dispels darkness. Wisdom dispels ignorance.
148. As you sow so you reap.
149. Until death there is nothing enough.
150. Failure teaches a man how to succeed.
151. Poverty with dignity is better than wealth based on shame.
152. Don’t escape when you have a problem because there always is a way to solve it.
153. Ignorance is the real evil.
154. It is easy to know man’s face, but it is difficult to know his thought.
155. Peace is the highest bliss.
156. Do try to do good but not to be great, otherwise you will be in danger.
157. Clean, clear, calm; these are characteristics of a noble person.
158. Anxiety shortens life.
159. Selfishness is the father of all evil and real enemy of peace.
160. Doubt everything. Find your own light.
161. Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Today is better than two tomorrows.
162. Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
163. It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
164. Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
165. However, many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
166. It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
167. The tongue like a sharp knife… Kills without drawing blood. Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
168. Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.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.
169. If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.
170. Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
171. To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
172. Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
173. With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone.
174. You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.
175. There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
176. Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
177. Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
178. Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
179. To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
180. Better than worshiping gods is obedience to the laws of righteousness.
181. A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
182. If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.
183. Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
184. Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.
185. Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.
186. Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
187. Purity or impurity depends on oneself; no one can purify another.
188. Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot have good life without wisdom.
189. In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth.
190. Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
191. Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
192. Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
193. Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
194. Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness.
195. What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire and illusion are the root of evil.
196. True love is born from understanding.
197. You only lose what you cling to.
198. There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.
199. Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.
200. In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
201. Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.
202. You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.
203. Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind.
204. If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?
205. Give, even if you only have a little.
206. Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.
207. There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.
208. Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.
209. An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
210. Pain is certain, suffering is optional.
211. Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little. The root of suffering is attachment.
212. Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.
213. Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
214. To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple livelihood; this is the good luck.
215. One moment can change a day, one day can change a life and one life can change the world.
216. An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
217. Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.
218. If you propose to speak always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind.
219. Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of wisdom & liberation or freedom.
220. A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another.
221. 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.
222. If we destroy something around us we destroy ourselves. If we cheat another, we cheat ourselves.
223. Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.
224. My doctrine is not a doctrine but just a vision. I have not given you any set of rules, I have not given you a system.
225. What you think you create, what you feel you attract, what you imagine you become.
226. There is no need for God! If you want to meditate you can meditate without God. Buddha meditated without God; he had no belief in God.
227. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.
228. In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.
229. Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.
230. It is better to travel well than to arrive.
231. It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
232. Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are. It solely relies on what you think.
233. Remember to take care of yourself. You can’t pour from an empty cup.
234. If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
235. Rule your mind or it will rule you.
236. Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.
237. You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.
238. The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
239. If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.
240. When words are both true and kind they can change the world.
241. It is ridiculous to think that somebody else can make you happy or unhappy.
242. A disciplined mind brings happiness.
243. People with opinions just go around bothering one another.
244. Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it.
245. Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook but the oceans depth is calm.
246. The trouble is, you think you have time.
247. Avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.
248. Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
249. For soon the body is discarded, then what does it feel? A useless log of wood, it lies on the ground, then what does it know? Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded. But once mastered, no one can help you as much, Not even your father or your mother.
250. Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
251. Nothing is permanent.