Gautama Buddha Quotes

How blissful it is, for one who has nothing. Attainers-of-wisdom are people with nothing. See him su...

He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependent-arisings. All phenomena do not inhe...

It is better to travel, than to arrive

It is like a lighted torch whose flame can be distributed to ever so many other torches which people...

Monks, even if bandits were to savagely sever you, limb by limb, with a double-handled saw, even the...

Like a caring motherholding and guarding the lifeof her only child,so with a boundless heartof lovin...

Jīvaka, I say that there are three instances in which meat should not be eaten: when it is seen, hea...

Suppose a man threw into the sea a yoke with one hole in it, and the east wind carried it to the wes...

These... things, householder, are welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world:Long l...

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it

Through countless births in the cycle of existence I have run, not finding although seeking the buil...

Patience is the highest asceticism.

These... things, householder, are welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world:Long l...

You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All thin...

Attachment leads to suffering.

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it...

Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.

Bhikkus, all is burning. And what is the all that is burning?The eye is burning, visible forms are b...

Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others ...

The Gift of Truth excels all other Gifts.

Live in joy, in love,even among those who hate.Live in joy, in health,even among the afflicted.Live ...

Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a littl...

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot at least we learned a little, and if we...

First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words;Second, rely on the teachin...

Purity or impurity depends on oneself,No one can purify another.

Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his ...

I shall live here in the rains,There in winter,Elsewhere in summer," muses the fool,Not aware of the...

All beings tremble before violence.All fear death.All love life.See yourself in others.Then whom can...

He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opp...

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

You are as the yellow leaf.The messengers of death are at hand.You are to travel far away.What will ...

Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by ge...

Who have not led the holy lifenor riches won while young,they linger on as aged cranesaround a fishe...

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearles...

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

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not a...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of ...

Yes, Kālāmas, it is proper that your have doubt, that you have perplexity, for a doubt has arisen in...

Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.

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

There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is...

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with g...

We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you ...

Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind....

Greater in battlethan the man who would conquera thousand-thousand men,is he who would conquerjust o...

Mirror mirror on the wall, show the real me or naught at all.

Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.

those which arise dependently are free of inherent existence.

So too, friend, purification of virtue is for the sake of reaching purification of mind; purificatio...

As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.

Meditate, Ānanda, do not delay, or else you will regret it later. This is our instruction to you.

Here bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma–discourses, stanzas, expositions, verses, exclama...

friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.

To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana.

What is the happiness ? Is it really happiness ? Nothing stable, just happen, stay and decay... Ever...

Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.

Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so is hu...

Now, Kalamas, don’t go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, b...

May all that have life be delivered from suffering

You only lose what you cling to.

How wonderful! How wonderful! All things are perfect, exactly as they are.

With our thoughts we make the world.

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

Bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya:For the good of the many, for the happiness of the many...

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

True love is born from understanding.

Emotion arise from Desire, hence an Illusion.

Doubt everything. Find your own light.

When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.

Speak the truth do not become angered and give when asked, even be it a little. By these three condi...

Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your ow...

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

a dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. a man is not considered a good man b...

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

Whoever sees me sees the teaching, and whoever sees the teaching sees me.

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

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.

What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, env...

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on...

All descriptions of reality are temporary hypotheses.

Just to say 'I believe' or 'I do not doubt' does not mean that you understand and see. To force ones...

There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disc...

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will d...

Our life is shaped by our mind, for we become what we think.

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

So also is the case if I don’t care the one abusing me. He is the one going to be demeaned.

Subhuti, someone might fill innumerable worlds with the seven treasures and give all away in gifts o...

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

Through the round of many births I roamed without reward, without rest, seeking the house-builder. P...

Greater than all the joysOf heaven and earth,Greater still than dominionOver all the worlds,Is the j...

Let a man leave anger, let him forsake pride, let him overcome all bondage! No sufferings befall the...

Those who consider the inessential to be essential And see the essential as inessential Don't reach ...

Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by ge...