All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.Gautama Buddha
“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
— GAUTAMA BUDDHA
Spiritual teacher · c. 563 BCE – c. 483 BCE
Founder of Buddhism; born in Lumbini (present-day Nepal), his teachings form the basis of one of the world's major religions.
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