Gautama Buddha Quotes
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One who is unrestrained in life-delusion overcomes; as the wind a weak tree.
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The evils of the body are murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse and idle talk; of the mind, covetousness, hatred and error.
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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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Better than a long speech is a single quietening word.
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Conquer a liar with truth.
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Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.
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...One who possesses four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there. What four? Bodily good conduct, verbal good conduct, mental good conduct, and gratitude or thankfulness. One possessing these four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there.
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A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
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Joy and openness come from our own contented heart.
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We will develop love, we will practice it, we will make it both a way and a basis.
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A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated - this is the greatest blessing.
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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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Only within our body, with its heart and mind, can bondage and suffering be found, and only here can we find true liberation.
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Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another.
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Do not breathing in the chronological, do not dream of the later, drain the intellect on the bring about twinkling.
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Cut down the forest, not just a tree. Out of the forest of desire springs danger. By cutting down both the forest of desire and the brushwood of longing, be rid of the forest, bhikkhus.
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Yet the Teaching is simple. Do what is right. Be pure. At the end of the way is freedom.
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Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.
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Do not accept what you hear by report, do not accept tradition, do not accept a statement because it is found in our books, nor because it is in accord with your belief, nor because it is the saying of your teacher. Be lamps unto yourselves. Those who, either now or after I am dead, shall rely upon themselves only and not look for assistance to anyone besides themselves, it is they who shall reach the topmost height.
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If there be one righteous person, the rain falls for his sake.
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In four ways ... should one who flatters be understood as a foe in the guise of a friend: He approves of his friend's evil deeds, he disapproves his friend's good deeds, he praises him in his presence, he speaks ill of him in his absence.
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Be the witness of your thoughts.
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It is impossible to underestimate the significance of your today's choices.
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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.