Gautama Buddha Quotes

Believe there is good in the world.

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off a lotus.

Truth is always truth, untruth is always untruth. This is what matters, this is right desire.

To eat meat is just a habit after we were born. In fact, we are not born to eat meat.

If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current - how can he help others across?

The fiercest fire is hatred.

Let your mind become clear like a still forest pool.

Our good and bad deeds follow us almost like a shadow.

All that has been hidden is rising, there is no stopping it! These things you cannot hide: the sun, the moon, and TRUTH.

If the mind be fixed on the acquirement of any object, that object will be attained.

One who is unrestrained in life-delusion overcomes; as the wind a weak tree.

Cut down the forest, not just a tree. Out of the forest of desire springs danger. By cutting down both the forest of desire and the brushwood of longing, be rid of the forest, bhikkhus.

My whole life, I never spoke a single-word.

Wish I am free from barriers when I die, and Buddha will welcome me from far away.

I have the body of a GOD

He who slings mud loses ground.

As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.

Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love.

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

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

Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession.

A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated - this is the greatest blessing.

Perfect wisdom, Perfect tranquility,Perfect compassion,arise fromOur love,Our sincerity.Our understanding.

Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

Suffering, if it does not diminish love, will transport us to the furthest shore.

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger... Let a man overcome anger by love.

All things that are born must die. Work hard for your own freedom from sorrow.

All beings wish for happiness, so extend your compassion to all.

Don't indulge in careless behaviour. Don't be the friend of sensual pleasures. He who meditates attentively attains abundant joy.

Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook but the oceans depth are calm.

Give the people - confidence. Give the people - delight. Give the people - hope. Give the people - the best.

For those who are ready the door to the deathless state is open. If you have ears give up the conditions that bind you and enter in.

The calmed say that what is well-spoken is best; second, that one should say what is right, not unrighteous; third, what's pleasing, not displeasing; fourth, what is true, not false.

When your mind is set in meditative equipoise, you can see reality exactly as it is

With good will for the entire cosmos, cultivate a limitless heart: above, below, and all around, unobstructed, without hostility or hate.

Establish your mind as necessary for knowledge and remembrance. Establish a mind free of grasping to anything.

Wakefulness is the way to life. The fool sleeps As if he were already dead, But the master is awake And he lives forever.

The fool who recognizes his foolishness, is a wise man. But the fool who believes himself a wise man, he really is a fool.

If a man does what is good, let him do it again; let him delight in it; happiness is the outcome of good.

The gift of the Truth beats all other gifts. The flavour of the Truth beats all other tastes. The joy of the Truth beats all other joys, and the cessation of desire conquers all suffering

Seeing the similarity to oneself, one should not use violence or have it used.

When one, abandoning greed, feels no greed for what would merit greed, greed gets shed from him - like a drop of water from a lotus leaf.

Keeping away for all evil deeds, cultivation of life by doing good deeds and purification of mind from mental impunities.

The discipline which I have imparted to you will lead you when I am gone. Practice mindfulness diligently, to attain the goal of awakening.

You yourself must earnestly practice, the enlightened ones only proclaim the path.

If a man should conquer in battle a thousand and a thousand more, and another should conquer himself, his would be the greater victory, because the greatest of victories is the victory over oneself.

Wisdom makes light the darkness of ignorance.

Give thanks for what had been given to you, However little. Be pure, never falter.

Though thousand times a thousand in battle one may conquer, yet should one conquer just oneself, one is the greatest conqueror.