Gautama Buddha Quotes
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The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
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Noble friends and companions are the whole of the holy life.
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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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Let us live in joy, never falling sick like those who hate us. Let us live in freedom, without hatred even among those who hate.
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By giving away food we get more strength. By bestowing clothing on others we gain more beauty. By donating abodes of purity and truth we acquire great treasures.
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Of what I know, I have told you only a little. Why have I not told you the rest? Because it would not lead you to Nirvana.
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I have the body of a GOD.
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Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it.
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He that distributeth not That which he hath received-- His food, his drink, his sustenance-- Unto devotee, brahman, beggar, wayfarer-- Such a low man as he, they say, is like Unto a lack of rain.
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Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.
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Cut out the love of self, like an autumn lotus with thy hand!
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Why do what you will regret? Why bring tears upon yourself? Do only what you do not regret, And fill yourself with joy.
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Do not have as friends harmful people, the wise person does not associate with the worst of people. Have as friends virtuous people, the wise person associates with the best of people.
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Without approval and without scorn, but carefully studying the sentences word by word, one should trace them in the Discourses and verify them by the Discipline. If they are neither traceable in the Discourses nor verifiable by the Discipline, one must conclude thus: 'Certainly, this is not the Blessed One's utterance; this has been misunderstood by that bhikkhu - or by that community, or by those elders, or by that elder.' In that way, bhikkhus, you should reject it.
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Love lasts when the relationship comes first.
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Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
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To share happiness, and to have done something good before leaving this life is sweet.
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When we free ourselves of desire, we will know serenity and freedom.
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Suffering, if it does not diminish love, will transport us to the furthest shore.
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When a man has pity on all living creatures then only is he noble.
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Like the mother of the world, touch each being as your beloved child.
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And he who has considered all the contrasts on this earth, and is no more disturbed by anything whatever in the world, the Peaceful One, freed from rage, from sorrow, and from longing, he has passed beyond birth and decay.
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If people speak or act with evil thoughts, pain follows them. If people speak or act with pure thoughts, happiness follows them, like a shadow that never leaves them.
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But if you do not find an intelligent companion, a wise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself, then go on your way alone, like a king abandoning a conquered kingdom, or like a great elephant in the deep forest.