Gautama Buddha Quotes
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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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I, ever knowing the living beings Who tread the Path and those who do not In response to those who may be saved Preach to them a variety of dharmas, Each time having this thought: 'How may I cause the beings To contrive to enter the Unexcelled Path and quickly to perfect the Buddha-body?'
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Better than a long speech is a single quietening word.
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You, as much as anyone in the universe, deserve your love and respect.
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Do not judge yourself harshly. Without mercy for ourselves we cannot love the world.
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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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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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The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore.
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Even if a fool lived with a wise man all his life, he would still not recognise the truth, like a wooden spoon cannot recognise the flavour of the soup.
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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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An outside enemy exists only if there is anger inside.
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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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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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One who is unrestrained in life-delusion overcomes; as the wind a weak tree.
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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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Do not say anything harsh: what you have said will be said back to you.
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Be the witness of your thoughts.
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What is the noble truth of suffering? Birth is suffering, ageing is suffering and sorrow and lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering.
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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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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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My whole life, I never spoke a single-word.
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If you want to know the past, look at your present. If you want to know the future, look at your present.
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Those who walk in the Way should avoid sensualism as those who carry hay would avoid coming near the fire.
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Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is pleasant.