Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Any material form, or thought, or feeling, past or present, should be regarded as, 'This is not mine, this is not what I am, this is not my self.'
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There is no fire like passion: there is no evil and hatred.
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Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.
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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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Do not carry with you your mistakes. Do not carry your cares. Travel on alone. Like an elephant in the forest.
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After much seeking for truth and knowledge the profoundness of reality came to me with a clarity never before known.
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Conquer a liar with truth.
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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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The fragrance of sandalwood and rosebay does not travel far. But the fragrance of virtue rises to the heavens.
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Anyone who is not working toward the truth is missing the whole point of living.
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Like the mother of the world, touch each being as your beloved child.
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Happy are those who have overcome their egos; happy are those who have attained peace; happy are those who have found the Truth.
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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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Cut out the love of self, like an autumn lotus with thy hand!
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The secret of happiness lies in the mind's release from worldly ties.
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The fiercest fire is hatred.
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There are friendships to one who lives in society; thus our present grief arises from having friendships; observing the evils resulting from friendship, let one walk alone like a rhinoceros.
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You can search the entire universe and not find a single being more worthy of love than you.
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Better is to speak unpleasant truth than to tell lies.
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The Buddhas, the World-Honored Ones, for one great cause alone appear in the world. The Buddhas, the World-Honored Ones, appear in the world because they wish to cause the beings to hear of the Buddha's knowledge and insight and thus enable them to gain purity. They appear in the world because they wish to demonstrate the Buddha's knowledge and insight to the beings. They appear in the world because they wish to cause the beings to understand. They appear in the world because they wish to cause the beings to enter into the path of the Buddha's knowledge and insight.
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Let them not do the slightest thing that the wise would later reprove.
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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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Overcome your uncertainties and free yourself from dwelling on sorrow. When you delight in existence, you will awaken, and become a guide to those in need, revealing the path to many.
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Do not interrogate silence because silence is mute; do not expect anything from the gods, nor should you try to bribe them with gifts, because it is in ourselves that we must look for liberation.