Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
The mind is everything. What you think you become.
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
Observe the life by cause and consequence. Explore the life by wisdom. Treat the life by equality. Complete the life by love.
The evils of the mind are covetousness, hatred, and error.
Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.
I am not a Buddhist but these are pretty good. Even the last seven could be interpreted as conservative principles. The third one is my favorite quote.
In Buddhism there is what is called the Five Powers:
- Faith- trust and confidence in yourself, knowing that you can overcome obstacles through the power of practice.
- Energy- not being physically or even mentally lazy.
- Mindfulness- being fully present, not lost in daydreams or worry.
- Concentration- to become so absorbed that all distinctions between self and other are forgotten. This is similar to Mihály Csíkszentmihályi’s concept of flow.
- Wisdom- only from direct, and intimately experienced, insight. It does not come from crafting intellectual explanations.
The heart of Buddhism is self-control and self-discipline. Which is also the heart of conservatism.
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