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Buddha Art Quotes - (8 quotes)

Buddha - From the Criticism category:

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure. (Buddha)

Buddha - From the Future category:

What you are now is what you have been. What you will be is what you are now. (Buddha)

Buddha - From the Health category:

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. (Buddha)

Buddha - From the Philosophy category:

Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine. (Buddha)

Buddha - From the Questions category:

One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the messiah?" "No", answered Buddha. "Then are you a healer?" "No", Buddha replied. "Then are you a teacher?" the student persisted. "No, I am not a teacher." "Then what are you?" asked the student, exasperated. "I am awake," Buddha replied. (Buddha)

Buddha - From the Thinking category:

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we create the world. (Buddha)

Buddha - From the Thought category:

The thought manifests as the word; / The word manifests as the deed; / The deed develops into habit; / And habit hardens into character. / So watch the thought and its ways with care, / And let it spring from love; / Born out of concern for all beings. (Buddha)

Buddha - From the Work category:

Your work is to discover your work – and then with all your heart to give yourself to it. (Buddha)

Editor: Robert Genn

Consultants: Sara Genn, Richard Thompson
Technical Support and Presentation: Andrew Niculescu

Associate Editors:
Scott Altman, Bonnie Austin, Karen Austin, Michele Becker, Joe Blodgett, Norman Brown, Alyce Bryson, Leanne Cadden, Penny Duane, Max Elliot, Derek Franklin, Mardy Grothe, Harry Hartley, Sue Holland, Shawn Jackson, Sue Legault, Tammy McManus, Eric Mewhinney, Bruce Miller, Laura Parrish, Andrea Pratt, Dan Roberts, Shirley Rochon, Gilbert Roy, John Sherlock, Victor Wong,

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