Gautama Buddha Quotes
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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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Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.
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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.
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If there be one righteous person, the rain falls for his sake.
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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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It is impossible to underestimate the significance of your today's choices.
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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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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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Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others.
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Pain is the outcome of sin.
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The ocean, king of mountains and the mighty continents Are not heavy burdens to bear when compared To the burden of not repaying the world's kindness.
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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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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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Be greatly aware of the present.
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Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind.
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I will teach you the Truth and the Path leading to the Truth.
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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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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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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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I know what I gave them; I don't know what they received.
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Rely on the teaching, not on the person; Rely on the meaning, not on the words; Rely on the definitive meaning, not on the provisional; Rely on your wisdom mind, not on your ordinary mind.
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Teach you? I cannot teach you. Go; experience for yourself
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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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It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind.