Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
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Solitude is happiness for one who is content, who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees. Non-affliction is happiness in the world - harmlessness towards all living beings.
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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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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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To know and not to use is not yet to know!
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The wind cannot overturn a mountain. Temptation cannot touch the man Who is awake, strong and humble, Who masters hiself and minds the law.
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To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue; this is the good luck.
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Do not believe anything because it is said by an authority, or if it is said to come from angels, or from Gods, or from an inspired source. Believe it only if you have explored it in your own heart and mind and body and found it to be true. Work out your own path, through diligence.
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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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To do a little good is more than to accomplish great conquests.
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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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From eating meat arrogance is born, from arrogance erroneous imaginations issue, and from imagination is born greed; and for this reason refrain from eating meat.
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The secret of happiness lies in the mind's release from worldly ties.
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Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.
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Learn to ne happy with what you have.
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If the traveler cannot find master or friend to go with him, let him travel alone rather than with a fool for company.
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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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Those who recognize the existence of suffering, its cause, its remedy, and its cessation, have fathomed the four noble truths. They will walk in the right path.
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Those who, relying upon themselves only, not looking for assistance to anyone besides themselves, it is they who will reach the top-most height.
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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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Be greatly aware of the present.
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Pain is the outcome of sin.
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There is a way to be purified, to overcome sorrows and grief, to release suffering, to secure the right path to realize nirvana. This is to be mindful.
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Before you've seen it, and when you first see it, it is the greatest thing; afterwards, it is ordinary.