Gautama Buddha Quotes
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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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My whole life, I never spoke a single-word.
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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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By giving away food we get more strength. By bestowing clothing on others we gain more beauty. By donating abodes of purity and truth we acquire great treasures.
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Be the witness of your thoughts.
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Offend in neither word nor deed. Eat with moderation. Live in your heart. Seek the highest consciousness. Master yourself according to the law. This is the simple teaching of the awakened.
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The more completely we give of ourselves, the more completely the world gives back to us.
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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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Follow not after the vain, understand the ills of sense pleasures. One who is vigilant and meditative, obtains deep joy.
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Teach you? I cannot teach you. Go; experience for yourself
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"All is passing". When one realises this, he sits loose to this world of sorrow : This is the way of purity.
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All beings are not only the parents in the past. They will become the Buddha in the future. If you free their lives, you are Buddha.
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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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As you travel though life, offer good wishes to each being you meet.
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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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I have the body of a GOD.
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As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good work to be done.
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At the end of the way is freedom. Until then, patience.
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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 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 a man offend a harmless, pure, and innocent person, the evil falls back upon that fool, like light dust thrown up against the wind.
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Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.
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Look upon him who shows you your faults as a revealer of treasure: seek his company who checks and chides you, the sage who is wise in reproof: it fares well and not ill with him who seeks such company.