Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Buddha was speaking in a village square one day, when one of the inhabitants started to abuse him. Buddha paused and said to the man, "If you offer me a piece of paper and I refuse to accept it, what happens to the paper?" "Why, it stays with me, of course," the villager replied. Buddha smiled gently, "And that is exactly what I am doing with your abuse," he said. "I am not accepting it, therefore it stays with you."
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Do not be jealous of others' good qualities, but out of admiration adopt them yourself.
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Analyzing through special insight and realizing the lack of inherent existence constitute understanding of the signless.
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Men who are addicted to the passions are like the torch-carrier running against the wind; his hands are sure to be burned.
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Journey over, sorrowless, freed in every way, and with all bonds broken - for such a man there is no more distress.
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You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.
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Mankind have love, animals have affection. The harmonious and beautiful world is revealed.
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Remember that the only constant in life is change.
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Fill your mind with compassion.
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The Tathagatha... is the originator of the path unarisen before, the producer of the path unproduced before, the declarer of the path undeclared before. He is the knower of the path, the discoverer of the path, the one skilled in the path. And his disciplines now dwell following that path and become possessed of it afterwards.
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O how sweet it is to enjoy life, Living in honesty and strength! And wisdom is sweet, And freedom.
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How long the night to the watchman, How long the road to the weary traveller, How long the wandering of many lives To the fool who misses the way.
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Though he should conquer a thousand men in the battlefield a thousand times, yet he, indeed, who would conquer himself is the noblest victor.
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The Tempter masters the lazy and irresolute man who dwells on the attractive side of things, ungoverned in his senses, and unrestrained in his food, like the wind overcomes a rotten tree. But the Tempter cannot master a man who dwells on the distasteful side of things, self-controlled in his senses, moderate in eating, resolute and full of faith, like the wind cannot move a mountain crag.
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Comparing oneself to others in such terms as "Just as I am so are they, just as they are so am I," he should neither kill nor cause others to kill.
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By three things the wise person may be known. What three? He sees a shortcoming as it is. When he sees it, he tries to correct it. And when another acknowledges a shortcoming, the wise one forgives it as he should.
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It is better to spend one day contemplating the birth and death of all things than a hundred years never contemplating beginnings and endings.
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As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth.
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Hatred does not cease in this world by hating, but by not hating; this is an eternal truth.
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Keeping away for all evil deeds, cultivation of life by doing good deeds and purification of mind from mental impunities.
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Conquer the angry man by love.
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If you don't disturb yourself, like a broken gong does not vibrate, then you have achieved nirvana. Irritability no longer exists for you.
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Insignificant, is the loss of relatives, wealth and fame; The loss of wisdom is the greatest loss. Insignificant, is the increase of relatives, wealth and fame; The increase of wisdom is the highest gain. Therefore, you should train yourselves thus: "We will grow in the increase of wisdom" Thus you should train yourselves.
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Our good and bad deeds follow us almost like a shadow.