Gautama Buddha Quotes - Page 2

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

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

Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.

Speak the truth do not become angered and give when asked, even be it a little. By these three conditions one goes to the presence of the gods.

Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.

The Gift of Truth excels all other Gifts.

Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another.

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

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

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

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

He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man.

Doubt everything. Find your own light.

Greater than all the joys
Of heaven and earth,
Greater still than dominion
Over all the worlds,
Is the joy of reaching the stream.

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.

Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone.

Just to say 'I believe' or 'I do not doubt' does not mean that you understand and see. To force oneself to see and accept a thing without understanding is political and not spiritual or intellectual.

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 no torrent like greed.