Gautama Buddha Quotes

Love is beauty and beauty is truth, and that is why in the beauty of a flower we can see the truth of the universe.

I look upon the judgment of right and wrong as the serpentine dance of a dragon, and the rise and fall of beliefs as but traces left by the four seasons.

As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed.

How wonderful, how miraculous, all beings, but all beings, are fully endowed with the wisdom and power of the Tathagat. But, sadly, human beings, due to sticky attachments, are not aware of it

Whoever has done harmful actions but later covers them up with good is like the moon which, freed from clouds, lights up the world.

This life of separateness may be compared to a dream, a phantasm, a bubble, a shadow, a drop of dew, a flash of lightning.

To avoid causing terror to living beings, let the disciple refrain from eating meat.

Let yourself be open and life will be easier.

Why cling to the pain and the wrongs of yesterday? Why hold on to the very things that keep you from hope and love.

He who is grateful doesn't suffer.

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.

Your enemy can be your greatest teacher.

There are no chains like hate...dwelling on your brother's faults multiplies your own. You are far from the end of your journey.

Winning gives birth to hostility Losing, one lies down in pain. The calmed lie down with ease, having set winning and losing aside.

The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.

Overcome your uncertainties and free yourself from dwelling on sorrow. When you delight in existence, you will awaken, and become a guide to those in need, revealing the path to many.

To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in the past is to carry the raft on your back after you have crossed the river.

Love and serve the world through your work.

The mind that perceives the limitation is the limitation.

It is better to spend one day contemplating the birth and death of all things than a hundred years never contemplating beginnings and endings.

To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear.

We living beings, right down to crickets, ants, mosquitoes , and flies, all possess life that is without beginning or end.

By defilement of mind, beings are defiled; by purification of mind, beings are purified.

Love lasts when the relationship comes first

How long the night to the watchman, How long the road to the weary traveller, How long the wandering of many lives To the fool who misses the way.

"All is passing". When one realises this, he sits loose to this world of sorrow : This is the way of purity.

Besides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on the list too. That is the real humanitarianism.

Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.

Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next

To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.

All beings tremble before violence. All love life. All fear death. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do?

The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you ought to know, and showing you the path to heaven.

Happiness follows sorrow, sorrow follows happiness, but when one no longer discriminates happiness and sorrow, a good deal and a bad deed, one is able to realize freedom.

Just as a picture is drawn by an artist, surroundings are created by the activities of the mind

Like a beautiful flower that is colorful but has no fragrance, even well spoken words bear no fruit in one who does not put them into practice.

On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property.

Dignity and quiet joy in all that we do are the expression of perfect concentration and perfect wisdom.

You create what you defend against.

Understand the suffering of worldly existence. Abandon its causes of ignorance and selfishness. Practice the path of meditation and compassion. Awaken from suffering within Great Peace.

The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.

Your greatest weapon is your enemy's mind

I teach one thing and one only: that is, suffering and the end of suffering.

It is impossible to underestimate the significance of your today's choices

It is good to have companions when occasion arises, and it is good to be contented with whatever comes.

Mindfulness of the body leads to nirvana.

Things are not what they appear to be: nor are they otherwise.

Thought-habits can harden into character. So watch your thoughts.

Maintain a state of balance between physical acts and inner serenity,like a lute whose strings are finely tuned.

If a man can control his body and mind and thereby refrains from eating animal flesh and wearing animal products, I say he will really be liberated.