There are thousands of Buddha quotes floating around on the Internet. Many of them are not at all what the Buddha said.
Here are some fake Buddha quotes:
“All things are perfect exactly as they are.”
“He is able who thinks he is able.”
“If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your own path”
Here are some real Buddha quotes (from the Sutra's):
“All conditioned things are impermanent” — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering."
“Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts”
“Health is the greatest gift, contentment is the greatest wealth”
“Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.”
“People with opinions just go around bothering each other.”
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the single candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
“We will develop love, we will practice it, we will make it both a way and a basis…”
‘As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.’ Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.
A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated — this is the greatest blessing.
All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.
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http://www.fakebuddhaquotes.com/
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