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Thinker · c. 563–483 BCE

The Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama, who left a palace to find why beings suffer and what ends suffering. His Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path became one of humanity's longest-running psychological experiments.

Contributions
  • Four Noble Truths
  • Noble Eightfold Path
  • Doctrine of impermanence (anicca)
Words that traveled
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Not to feel that one's existence is meaningless is the highest joy.
— The Buddha
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Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
— The Buddha
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You only lose what you cling to.
— The Buddha
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No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
— The Buddha