Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Life is so very difficult. How can we be anything but kind.
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Winter always turns into Spring.
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Mind is everything. What we think, we become.
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Life is dear to all beings, they have the right to live the same that we do.
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Find out for yourself what is truth, what is real. Discover that there are virtuous things and there are non-virtuous things. Once you have discovered for yourself give up the bad and embrace the good.
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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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The fragrance of sandalwood and rosebay does not travel far. But the fragrance of virtue rises to the heavens.
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Like a lovely flower full of color but lacking in fragrance, are the words of those who do not practice what they teach.
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Even if a fool lived with a wise man all his life, he would still not recognise the truth, like a wooden spoon cannot recognise the flavour of the soup.
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It takes hundred of years sitting together in the same boat. It takes thousand of years sharing the same bed with. It calls : the predestined affinity.
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The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore.
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The man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most ungrudging love; and the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from me.
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If a man does what is good, let him do it again; let him delight in it; happiness is the outcome of good.
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It is your mind that creates the world.
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The fiercest fire is hatred.
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If a viper lives in your room and you wish to have a peaceful sleep, you must first chase it out.
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A tree is a wonderful living organism which gives shelter, food, warmth and protection to all living things. It even gives shade to those who wield an axe to cut it down.
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Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are wise words when spoken, but fruitless these words are when not carried out by the speaker.
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Joy and openness come from our own contented heart.
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A kind man who makes good use of wealth is rightly said to possess a great treasure; but the miser who hoards up his riches will have no profit.
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Just as a picture is drawn by an artist, surroundings are created by the activities of the mind.
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Live joyfully, without desire.
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Let them not do the slightest thing that the wise would later reprove.
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As solid rock remains unmoved by the wind, so the wise remain unmoved by blame and praise.