Buddha quotes

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.

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

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.

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

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

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.

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

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

With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone.

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

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

I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.

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

Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom.

I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

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

Of those beings who live in ignorance, shut up and confined, as it were, in an egg, I have first broken the eggshell of ignorance and alone in the universe obtained the most exalted, universal Buddhahood.

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

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.

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.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

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

What we think, we become.

Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance of fruits. But alms given to those who are yet under the tyrannical yoke of the passions are like seed deposited in a bad soil. The passions of the receiver of the alms choke, as it were, the growth of merits.

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

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

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

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.

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

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.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.

I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world.

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

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

With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone.

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.

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

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