Rare Buddha Quotes on changing yourself

The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest.

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

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.

The root of suffering is attachment.

Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.

Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.

If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone.

People with opinions just go around bothering each other.

You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way. 

Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken words.

Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

Meditate… do not delay, lest you later regret it.

Ceasing to do evil, cultivating the good, purifying the heart: this is the teaching of the Buddhas.

Delight in meditation and solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker.

Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

If you propose to speak always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind.