Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Men give up one thing to take up another, but in spite of numerous changes they do not find peace. They are no better than monkeys who let go one bough to take hold of another, only to let it go again.
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As I am, so are others as others are, so am I. Having thus identified self and others, harm no one nor have them harmed.
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All beings wish for happiness, so extend your compassion to all.
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Do not speak harshly to any one; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful: blows for blows will touch thee.
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The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.
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I manifested in a dreamlike way to dreamlike beings and gave a dreamlike Dharma, but in reality I never taught and never actually came.
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Whoever counters the malicious with malice can never be free, but one who feels no maliciousness pacifies those who hate. Hate brings misery to humanity so the wise man knows no hatred.
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Better than chanting a thousand words in a dead language is one soothing word spoken in the vernacular.
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It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness that makes it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the pain of suffering causes the greatest fear.
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Everything changes, nothing remains without change.
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When you have great joy, you will become Buddhas!
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Whatsoever misfortunes there are Here in this world or in the next, They all have their root in Ignorance And in the accumulation of Longing and Desire.
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When words are both true and kind, they can change the world.
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Believe nothing, No matter where you read it, Or who has said it, Not even if I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own common sense.
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Pain is certain, suffering is optional.
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Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.
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'I've got children', 'I've got wealth.' This is the way a fool brings suffering on himself. He does not even own himself, so how can he have children or wealth?
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Now this, monks, is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; union with what is displeasing is suffering; seperation from what is pleasing is suffering... in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering.
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If you find someone with wisdom, good judgment, and good actions; make him a companion.
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How will you become free? With a quiet mind Come into that empty house, your heart, And feel the joy of the way Beyond the world. Look within - The rising and the falling.
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Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom.
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The greatest impurity is ignorance. Free yourself from it. Be pure.
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Much though he recites the sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless man is like a cowherd who only counts the cows of others - he does not partake of the blessings of the holy life.
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Happiness or sorrow- whatever befalls you, walk on untouched, unattached.