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Buddha Quotes

Buddha

Buddha

Nationality: Indian

Buddha

Nationality: Indian

Buddha was born into a luxurious life as an Indian prince. His name means "the Awakened One," and he eventually became the originator of Buddhism. At age 29 he began his search for the cure of humanity's sorrow through peace and harmony with everything and everyone. His concept of karma, that what we put into the universe comes back to us, is a fundamental teaching of Buddhism that is stil…

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Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom. Read More >

Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace. Read More >

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell. Read More >

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. Read More >

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. Read More >

Whoever counters the malicious with malice can never be free, but one who feels no maliciousness pacifies those who hate. Hate brings misery to humanity so the wise man knows no hatred. Read More >

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. Read More >

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills. Read More >

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. Read More >

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

The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood. Read More >

Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts. Read More >

What we think, we become. Read More >

Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men, women, animals, birds, trees, rocks. All the beings in the world. One should create such a determination that `I will lead all of them into nirvana'. Read More >

I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment, undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by me which is deep, difficult to see, difficult to understand, tranquil, excellent, beyond the reach of mere logic, subtle, and to be realized only by the wise. Read More >

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become. Read More >

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. Read More >

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Read More >

When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky. Read More >

Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most. Read More >

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. Read More >

giving the best to others are giving the best to ourselves. The value of life is not based on how long we live. But, how much we can contribute to others in our society. Read More >

Why since I am myself subject to birth, ageing, disease, death, sorrows and defilement, do I seek after what is also subject to these things? Suppose, being myself subject these things, seeking danger in them, I were to seek the unborn, unageing, und. Read More >

You only lose what you cling to. Read More >

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. Read More >

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity. Read More >

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. Read More >

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it. Read More >

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. Read More >

It is within this fathoms-long carcass, with its mind and its notions, that I declare there is the world, the origin of the world, the cessation of the world and the path leading to the cessation of the world. Read More >

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten. Read More >

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. Read More >

Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes. Read More >

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

Inflamed by greed, incensed by hate, confused by delusion, overcome by them, obsessed by mind, a man chooses for his own affliction, for others' affliction, for the affliction of both and experiences pain and grief. Read More >

As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds. Read More >

To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others. Read More >

Meditate.Live purely. Be quiet.Do your work with mastery.Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds!Shine. Read More >

What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil: envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil. Read More >

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. Read More >

Everything changes, nothing remains without change. Read More >

It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (languor), how few actually relate to the performance of the company, or the decisions taken by the board in particular areas. Read More >

I do not care to know your various theories about God. What is the use of discussing all the subtle doctrines about the soul? Do good and be good. And this will take you to freedom and to whatever truth there is.... Read More >

Eating meat destroys the attitude of great compassion. Read More >

Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed. Read More >

Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost. Read More >

A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering. Read More >

Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that `I must lead all the beings to nirvana, into that realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind'. What is this realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind ? Read More >

If a man possesses a repentant spirit his sins will disappear, but if he has an unrepentant spirit his sins will continue and condemn him for their sake forever. Read More >

As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world. Read More >

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