The Buddha Quotes

No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again.

What we think, we become.

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.

Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful

The world is a looking glass. It gives back to every man a true reflection of his own thoughts. Rule your mind or it will rule you.

Love in the past is only a memory. Love in the future is only a fantasy. True love lives in the here and now.

Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.

What you think you become.

When you move your focus from competition to contribution life becomes a celebration. Never try to defeat people, just win their hearts.

Do not be the judge of people; do not make assumptions about others. A person is destroyed by holding judgments about others.

One moment can change a day, One day can change a life and One life can change the world

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

By whomsoever no evil is done in deed, or word, or thought, him I call a Brahmin (holy man) who is guarded in these three.

If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.

Those who are truly wise will remain unmoved by feelings of happiness and suffering, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, gain and loss.They will remain calm like the eye of a hurricane.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create disticntions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.

The only way to bring peace to the earth is to learn to make our own life peaceful.

All life is temporary Why worry about anything that's only temporary

If you let cloudy water settle, it will become clear. If you let your upset mind settle, your course will also become clear.

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

Be a light unto yourself.

You can search the world over and you will find no one who is more deserving of your kindness and well wishing than you yourself.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

In this world Hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, Ancient and inexhaustible.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.

Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.

Fools wait for a lucky day, but everyday is a lucky day for an industrious man.

Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.

If you want to know the past, look at your present. If you want to know the future, look at your present.

The less you have, the less you have to worry about.

The fool who thinks he is wise is just a fool. The fool who knows he is a fool is wise indeed.

Everything that happens to us is the result of what we ourselves have thought, said, or done.We alone are responsible for our lives.

Your actions are your only true belongings.

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.

In compassion lies the world's true strength.

That is one of the reasons why a man should pick a path with heart, so that he can find his laughter.

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.

If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.

True and lasting inner peace can never be found in external things. It can only be found within in. And then, once we find and nurture it with ourselves, it radiates outward.