Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) — "It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."

"To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others."

"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…"

"Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness."

"The wise ones who are intent on meditation, who delight in the peace of renunciation, such mindful ones, perfect in wisdom, collect like bees the nectar of flowers."

"Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule."