The Buddha quotes
82 quotes by The Buddha. Topics: Character, Courage, Family, Future, Happiness, Honor, Life, Love, Motivational, Philosophy, Self, Self Help, Truth, Virtue, Wisdom.
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“One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble.”
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“Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.”
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“You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way.”
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“One should train in deeds of merit—generosity, a balanced life, developing a loving mind—that yield long-lasting happiness.”
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“Give, even if you only have a little.”
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“By oneself is evil done; by oneself is one defiled. By oneself is evil left undone; by oneself is one made pure.”
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“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 Buddha”
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“Should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let them resolutely pursue a solitary course.”
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“To have much learning and skill, to be well-trained in discipline, and good in speech — this is the highest blessing.”
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“Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.”
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“May all beings have happy minds.”
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“As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.”
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“Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.”
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“One should not hurt others if one loves oneself.”
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“Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing.”
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“Radiate boundless love towards the entire world — above, below, and across — unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.”
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“'All conditioned things are impermanent' — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.”
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“Should someone do good, let them do it again and again. They should develop this habit, for the accumulation of goodness brings joy.”
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“Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts!”
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“All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind.”
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“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.”
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“Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.”
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“Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.”
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“It's a good thing to be satisfied with what one has.”
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“Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.”
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“Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.”
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“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
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“A single lamp may light hundreds of thousands of lamps without itself being diminished.”
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“In the sky there are no tracks. Outside there is no recluse. There are no conditioned things that are eternal. There is no instability in the Buddhas.”
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“Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is a pleasant thing.”
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“Whoever doesn't flare up at someone who's angry wins a battle hard to win.”
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“Much though he recites the sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless man is like a cowherd who only counts the cows of others”
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“The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.”
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“Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.”
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“Conditions fall apart. Persist with diligence.”
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“'As I am, so are they; as they are, so am I.' Comparing others with oneself, do not kill nor cause others to kill.”
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“Radiate boundless love towards the entire world…”
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“Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.”
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“Do not scorn what you have received, nor envy the gains of others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.”
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“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.”
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“Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.”
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“A noble one produces an abundance of merit by having a compassionate mind towards all living beings.”
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“Heedfulness is the path to the Deathless. Heedlessness is the path to death. The heedful die not. The heedless are as if already dead.”
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“The root of suffering is attachment.”
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“As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed.”
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“If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows them like a never-departing shadow.”
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“Meditate … do not delay, lest you later regret it.”
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“He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake's venom that so quickly spreads, — such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.”
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“They blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is not blamed.”
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“A wise person should be urgently moved on occasions that make for urgency.”