Gautama Buddha Quotes
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A fool acquires knowledge only to his own disadvantage. It destroys what good he has, and turns his brains.
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Rising early and scorning laziness, remaining calm in time of strife, faultless in conduct and clever in actions. One like this will be praised.
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That which goeth up must needs come down; and that which is down must needs go up. But Brahma has ordained that the that that goeth up is seldom the same as the that that hath gone down.
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Though one should live a hundred years without wisdom and control, yet better, indeed, is a single day's life of one who is wise and meditative.
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Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.
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One way leads to acquisition, the other leads to nirvana. Realising this a monk should take no pleasure in the respect of others, but should devote himself to solitude.
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May we live like the lotus, at home in muddy water.
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Let go of anger. Let go of pride. When you are bound by nothing You go beyond sorrow.
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With his mind free from the inflow of thoughts and from restlessness, by abandoning both good and evil, an alert man knows no fear.
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Love is a gift of one's inner most soul to another so both can be whole.
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To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.
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Household life is crowded and dusty; life gone forth is wide open... Suppose I shave off my hair and beard, put on the ochre robe, and go forth from the home life into homelessness.
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Don't give way to heedlessness or to intimacy with sensual delight - for a heedful person, absorbed in jhana, attains an abundance of ease.
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All fear violence, all are afraid of death.
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He whose longing has been aroused for the indescribable, whose mind has been quickened by it, and whose thought is not attached to sensuality is truly called one who is bound upstream.
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May I hold myself in compassion. May I meet the suffering and ignorance of others with compassion.
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Will not be punished for your anger, your anger is the punishment.
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To share happiness, and to have done something good before leaving this life is sweet.
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Rain falls, wind blows, plants bloom, leaves mature and are blown away; these phenomena are all interrelated with causes and conditions, are brought about by them, and disappear as the causes and conditions change.
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If a man's thoughts are muddy, If he is reckless and full of deceit, How can he wear the yellow robe? Whoever is master of his own nature, Bright, clear and true, He may indeed wear the yellow robe.
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The trouble is you think you have time.
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Those who speak much are blamed, those who speak little are blamed. In this world there are none who are not blamed. Try not to blame.
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Inflowing thoughts come to an end in those who are ever alert of mind, training themselves night and day, and ever intent on nirvana.
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If beings knew, as I know, the results of giving & sharing, they would not eat without having given.