Quote of Gautama Buddha - Better than a thousand hollow words Is...

Biography - Gautama Buddha:

Siddhārtha Gautama. Founder of Buddhism.
Period:
5th century BC
6th century BC
Place of birth: Nepal

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

Gautama Buddha

Translation

(French, German)

Un mot qui apporte la paix est mieux que mille mots creux.

Siddhartha Gautama

Besser als tausend leere Worte ist ein Wort, das Frieden bringt.

Siddhartha Gautama

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The word flies and cannot be recalled.

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One word and all is saved
One word and all is lost.

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Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.

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Finding the right words at the right moment is action.

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The meaning of a word is its use in the language.

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Quotes about peace:

Perhaps peace is more than happiness.

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There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

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If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

Nelson Mandela /

If you want to make peace there must be two people, you yourself and the neighbor opposite.

Aristide Briand /

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Thoughts at peace. That is the goal someone who philosophizes longs for.

Ludwig Wittgenstein /

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Gautama Buddha also said...

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

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