A Quote by Gautama Buddha
Conquer anger by love, evil by good; Conquer the miser with liberality, and the liar with truth.
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A man who is wrathful with us is a sick man; we must apply a plaster to his heart - love; we must treat him kindly, speak to him gently, lovingly. And if there is not deeply-rooted malice against us within him, but only a temporary fit of anger, you will see how his heart, or his malice, will melt away through your kindness and love - how good will conquer evil. A Christian must always be kind, gracious, and wise in order to conquer evil by good.
Conquer a liar with truth.
If you want to conquer lust for wealth, love selflessness and sparing way of life. If you want to conquer anger, develop meekness and generosity. Grieve only if you have committed a sin, but even in this case do not grieve too much, otherwise you may become desperate. If you want to conquer conceit, do not desire praise, laurels, nice garments, respect, favor, but like to be blamed and slandered by people... If you want to conquer pride, do not say that your deed was done by your hands and might; say that with God's help and guidance it was done, not by my power and efforts.
Conquer your neighbourhood, conquer your city, conquer your country, and then go after the rest of the world. That's my mantra.
Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth.
I want love to conquer all. But love can't conquer anything. It can't do anything on it's own. It relies on us to do the conquering on its behalf.
When love is pure, it has the power to conquer. Lover and beloved conquer each other by their affection. The source, the essence, the fullest manifestation of love's conquering power is the love of the soul for the supreme soul, or God.
Greece expects you not merely to die for her, for that is little, indeed; she expects you to conquer. That is why each one of you, even in dying, should be possessed by one thought alone - how to conserve your strength to the last so that those who survive may conquer. And you will conquer, I am more than sure of this.
To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.
You will hardly conquer, but conquer you must.
[Lat., Male vincetis, sed vincite.]
It is much easier to conquer a country than to conquer ourselves.
Before we can conquer the world, we must first conquer the self.
To conquer others is to have power, to conquer yourself is to know the way.
The moment you conquer one fear is the minute you conquer many fears.
See the brotherhood of all mankind as the highest order of Yogis; conquer your own mind, and conquer the world.
You can never conquer the mountain. You can only conquer yourself.
