The tongue is a sharp knife... It kills without drawing blood.
Founder of Buddhism
Attributed, often cited in various Buddhist texts and teachings.
c. 5th century BCE
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"The body, monks, is not self. If the body were the self, this body would not lend itself to dis-ease. It would be possible (to say) with regard to the body, 'Let my body be thus. Let my body not be th…"
Philosophical"Whatever a foe may do to a foe, or a hater to a hater, a wrongly directed mind will do us greater mischief."
Strange & Unusual"He who has renounced all violence towards all living beings, weak or strong, who neither kills nor causes others to kill — him I call a holy man."
Strange & Unusual"When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."
Philosophical"He who is not disturbed by the clamor of the world, nor by its sorrows, nor by its joys, is truly a wise man."
Humorous