Famous quotes containing the words history, buddhism, rise and/or century:
“At present cats have more purchasing power and influence than the poor of this planet. Accidents of geography and colonial history should no longer determine who gets the fish.”
—Derek Wall (b. 1965)
“A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality.”
—W. Winwood Reade (1838–1875)
“For the nation’s rise and fall every citizen has a responsibility.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The crow does not hide its prey, but calls for others to share it;
So wealth will be with those of a like disposition.”
—Tiruvalluvar (c. 5th century A.D.)