Gautama Buddha Quotes
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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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All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.
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As a bee without harming the flower, its colour or scent, flies away, collecting only the honey, even so should the sage wander in the village.
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He who harms living beings is, for that reason, not an ariya (a Noble One); he who does not harm any living being is called an ariya.
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Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.
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Just as the dawn is the forerunner of the arising of the sun, so true friendship is the forerunner of the arising of the noble eightfold path.
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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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Learn to ne happy with what you have.
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For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh.
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To know and not to use is not yet to know!
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To do a little good is more than to accomplish great conquests.
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Be greatly aware of the present.
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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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An evil deed, like fresh milk, does not go bad suddenly. Smouldering, like fire covered by ashes, the evil deed follows the fool.
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Pain is the outcome of sin.
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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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A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.
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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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This is my child, this is my wealth: such thoughts are the preoccupations of fools. If we are unable to own even ourselves, why make such claims?
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Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.
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Never by hatred is hatred appeased, but it is appeased by kindness. This is an eternal truth.
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A person is not learned nor wise because he talks much; the person who is patient, free from hatred and fear, that person is called learned and wise.
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Live joyfully, without desire.
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If we destroy something around us we destroy ourselves. If we cheat another, we cheat ourselves.