Gautama Buddha Quotes
Man's troubles are rooted in extreme attention to senses, thoughts, and imagination. Attention should be focused internally to experience a quiet body and a calm mind.
The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore.
The easiest beneficence is a smile. The simplest release is to have a vegetarian meal.
If you find someone with wisdom, good judgment, and good actions; make him a companion.
Doing the good deeds is like the grass in the garden. You don't see its growth. But, it does by days. Doing the wicked deeds is like the hone. You don't see its damage. But, it does by days.
For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness and strength.
A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.
A tree is a wonderful living organism which gives shelter, food, warmth and protection to all living things. It even gives shade to those who wield an axe to cut it down
The mind precedes all things, the mind dominates all things, the mind creates all things.
Victory breeds hatred; the defeated live in pain. The peaceful live happily, giving up victory and defeat.
Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.
If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
The person who masters himself through self-control and discipline is truly undefeatable.
Within this moment, the only moment that exists, the past, present and future are contained.
He who has renounced all violence towards all living beings, weak or strong, who neither kills nor causes others to kill - him I do call a holy man.
To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
He who, seeking his own happiness, punishes or kills beings who also long for happiness, will not find happiness after his death.
Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it
Be a lamp to yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold on to the truth within yourself as to the only truth.
Just as a tree, though cut down, can grow again and again if its roots are undamaged and strong, in the same way if the roots of craving are not wholly uprooted sorrows will come again and again
'I've got children', 'I've got wealth.' This is the way a fool brings suffering on himself. He does not even own himself, so how can he have children or wealth?
Care about your children. Just bless them instead of worrying, as every child is the little Buddha who helps his parents to grow up.
Pity arises when we are sorry for someone.Compassion is when we understand and help wisely.
It is more important to prevent animal suffering, rather than sit to contemplate the evils of the universe praying in the company of priests.
Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant.
He who walks in the company of fools suffers much. Company with fools, as with an enemy, is always painful. Company with the wise is pleasure, like meeting with kinfolk.
You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together.
Whatever the hateful do to the hateful, or an enemy to an enemy, worse is the harm of a misguided mind directed at oneself.
