Gautama Buddha Quotes
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By your own folly you will be brought as low as your worst enemy wishes.
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There is no fire like passion: there is no evil and hatred.
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We are what we think, and all that we are rises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak and act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.
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For those who are ready the door to the deathless state is open. If you have ears give up the conditions that bind you and enter in.
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Anyone who is not working toward the truth is missing the whole point of living.
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From the passions arise worry, and from worry arises fear. Away with the passions, and no fear, no worry.
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Suffering, if it does not diminish love, will transport us to the furthest shore.
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When you realize how perfect or at least better than it could be everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.
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The gift of Truthovercomes all gifts.The joy of Truthovercomes all pleasures.The taste of Truthovercomes all sweetness.
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It is good to have companions when occasion arises, and it is good to be contented with whatever comes.
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.
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Through true honestydeeply believethat all sentient-beings are one.That all beings have the sametrue nature,wisdom,virtue.
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A brahmin once asked The Blessed One: "Are you a God?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "Are you a saint?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "Are you a magician?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "What are you then?" "I am awake."
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A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.
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Conquer a liar with truth.
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Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
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Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.
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His success may be great, but be it ever so great the wheel of fortune may turn again and bring him down into the dust.
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Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so, brahmins, is human life like a line drawn on water. It is short, limited, and brief; it is full of suffering. One should do good and live a pure life; for none who is born can escape death.
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All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.
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Know well what holds you back, and what moves you forward.
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Even loss and betrayal can bring us awakening.
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Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stifled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal.
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The secret of happiness lies in the mind's release from worldly ties.