The Buddha Quotes

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.

Mutual respect and mutual listening are the foundations of harmony within the family.

A person writing at night may put out the lamp, but the words he has written will remain. It is the same with the destiny we create for ourselves in this world.

All acts of living become bad by ten things, and by avoiding the ten things they become good. There are three evils of the body, four evils of the tongue, and three evils of the mind.

In every trial Let understanding fight for you.

The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment

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

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.

He who causes suffering shall suffer. There is no escape.

Remember that the only constant in life is change.

What's done to the children is done to society.

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.

The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.

There are two things that we should avoid, oh disciple! A life of pleasures, that is low and vain. A life of mortification, that is useless and vain.

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

If you don't disturb yourself, like a broken gong does not vibrate, then you have achieved nirvana. Irritability no longer exists for you.

This is my child, this is my wealth: such thoughts are the preoccupations of fools. If we are unable to own even ourselves, why make such claims?

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.

Never tell a lie. Anyone who can tell you the slightest of lies is also capable of any evil.

Let yourself be open and life will be easier.

Until he has unconditional and unbiased love for all beings, man will not find peace.

There's a treasury full of jade and jewels; It is in you. Don't go searching far from home for it-it's here.

You too shall pass away. Knowing this, how can you quarrel?

Wherever you live is your temple, if you treat it like one.

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.

After much seeking for truth and knowledge the profoundness of reality came to me with a clarity never before known.

Live contemplating the body. Contemplate internally and externally. Contemplate the origination of things in the body. Contemplate the dissolution of things in the body.

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

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

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.

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

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.

Love lasts when the relationship comes first

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.

He who is grateful doesn't suffer.

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.

The mind that perceives the limitation is the limitation.

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

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

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

Love and serve the world through your work.

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

Your enemy can be your greatest teacher.

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.

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

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.

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