The Dhammapada: Buddha, Gautama's Sacred Teachings on the Path to Enlightenment

by Gautama Buddha

If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.

For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.

Let a man overcome anger by love, let him overcome evil by good; let him overcome the greedy by liberality, the liar by truth!