GAUTAMA BUDDHA QUOTES

BUDDHA QUOTES

• Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
• Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
• Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
• Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
• I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.
• In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
• It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
• 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.
• It is better to travel well than to arrive.
• Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
• No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
• Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
• The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
• The mind is everything. What you think you become.
• The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
• The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.
• The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.
• The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
• There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
• There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
• Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
• To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
• To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
• Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.
• Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
• You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
• Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.
• Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.