Gautam buddha quotes

To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.

The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment

The darkest night is ignorance.

Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.

It is impossible to underestimate the significance of your today's choices

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it

To stop suffering, stop greediness. Greediness is a source of suffering.

The secret of happiness lies in the mind's release from worldly ties.

Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it.

Through our senses the world appears. Through our reactions we create delusions.Without reactions the world becomes clear.

He who is grateful doesn't suffer.

Crying with the wise is better than laughing with the fool.

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

They who imagine truth in untruth and see untruth in truth will never arrive at the truth.

To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.

Nirvana is this moment seen directly. There is no where else than here. The only gate is now. The only doorway is your own body and mind. There’s nowhere to go. There’s nothing else to be. There’s no destination. It’s not something to aim for in the afterlife. It’s simply the quality of this moment.

As solid rock remains unmoved by the wind, so the wise remain unmoved by blame and praise.

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

There is no fire like passion No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger, And no joy like the joy of freedom.

Will not be punished for your anger, your anger is the punishment.

A person is not learned nor wise because he talks much; the person who is patient, free from hatred and fear, that person is called learned and wise.

Attachment is the source of all suffering.

You throw thorns, falling in my silence they become flowers.

As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world

If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.

Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.

He who wrongs the innocent must bear the fruit of his act, like dust flung against the wind.

Treat others with respect. How you treat others will be how they treat you.

Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.

Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful

In protecting oneself, others are protected; In protecting others, oneself is protected.

Develop a mind that is vast like space, where experiences both pleasant and unpleasant can appear and disappear without conflict, struggle or harm. Rest in a mind like vast sky.

Beware of the anger of the mouth. Master your words. Let them serve truth.

Don't keep searching for the truth, just let go of your opinions.

Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others

Greed is an imperfection that defiles the mind; hate is an imperfection that defiles the mind; delusion is an imperfection that defiles the mind.

If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.

Each day of my life I am sowing seeds that one day I will harvest.

Kindness should become the natural way of life,not the exception.

Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.

Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is religious doctrine. Believe it only because you yourself know it to be true.

Thousands upon thousands of lights is inferior to a light of heart.

Nothing is forever except change.

If you don't see God in the next person you meet, look no further.

The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.

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

By oneself the evil is done, and it is oneself who suffers: by oneself the evil is not done, and by one's Self one becomes pure.

The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.

Apply yourself to solitude. One who is given to solitude knows things as they really are.

If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?

Do not blindly believe what others say. See for yourself what brings contentment, clarity and peace. That is the path for you to follow.

One who previously made bad karma, but who reforms and creates good karma, brightens the world like the moon appearing from behind a cloud.

To utter pleasant words without practicing them, is like a fine flower without fragrance.

The wind cannot shake a mountain. Neither praise nor blame moves the wise man.

If you find someone with wisdom, good judgment, and good actions; make him a companion.

If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.

Within this moment, the only moment that exists, the past, present and future are contained.

Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.

Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.

Sometimes it's better to be kind than to be right. We do not need an intelligent mind that speaks, but a patient heart that listens. You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger

The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.

If you can keep as silent as a broken gong, then you have attained, when you know no anger.

A fool learns nothing from a wise man; but a wise man learns from a fool.

Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.

The shallow is easy to embrace, but the profound is difficult. To discard the shallow and seek the profound is the way of a person of courage.

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

Flower and thorn are in the same stem.

Forgive and be free. Forget that you have forgiven and be freer.

A person is ruined by taking the measure of other persons.

Do not be jealous of others' good qualities, but out of admiration adopt them yourself.

Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.

Our life is a creation of our mind.

Consider Others as Yourself.

Holding on to anger is like poisoning yourself and hoping someone else will die.

When wishes are few, the heart is happy. When craving ends, there is peace.

There is only one time when it is essential to awaken. That time is now.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.

Mutual respect and mutual listening are the foundations of harmony within the family.

Whoever has done harmful actions but later covers them up with good is like the moon which, freed from clouds, lights up the world.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

"All is passing". When one realises this, he sits loose to this world of sorrow : This is the way of purity.

I am a finger pointing to the moon. Don't look at me; look at the moon.

The wise have mastered body, word, and mind. They are the true masters.

Why do what you will regret? Why bring tears upon yourself? Do only what you do not regret, And fill yourself with joy.

To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Do not look at the faults of what others have done or not done; observe what you yourself have done or not done.

Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stifled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal.

Even loss and betrayal can bring us awakening.

An outside enemy exists only if there is anger inside.

Know well what holds you back, and what moves you forward

Be the witness of your thoughts.

Only those who go where few have gone can see what few have seen.

The secret of health for both mind and body is...live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Conquer anger by love, evil by good; Conquer the miser with liberality, and the liar with truth.

The cause of all pain and suffering is ignorance.

May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind quickly be freed from their illnesses. May those frightened cease to be afraid, and may those bound be free. May the powerless find power, and may people think of befriending each other. May those who find themselves in trackless, fearful wilderness- the children, the aged, the unprotected- be guarded by beneficent celestials, and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood.

The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.

No one outside ourselves can rule us inwardly. When we know this, we become free.

Letting go of our suffering is the hardest work we will ever do.

"All conditioned things are impermanent" - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.

Mind is everything. What we think, we become.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

The trouble is you think you have time.

As a bee without harming the flower, its colour or scent, flies away, collecting only the honey, even so should the sage wander in the village.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

Master your words. Master your thoughts. Never allow your body to do harm. Follow these three roads with purity And you will find yourself upon the one way, The way of wisdom.

You are far from the end of your journey. The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. See how you love.

It is easy to see the faults of others... it is hard to see our own.

One moment can change a day, One day can change a life and One life can change the world

Goodwill toward all beings is the true religion; cherish in your hearts boundless goodwill to all that lives.

The eating of meat extinguishes the seed of Great Kindness.

Why cling to the pain and the wrongs of yesterday? Why hold on to the very things that keep you from hope and love.

When you come upon a path that brings benefit and happiness to all, follow this course as the moon journeys through the stars.

The only way to bring peace to the earth is to learn to make our own life peaceful.

Those who are truly wise will remain unmoved by feelings of happiness and suffering, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, gain and loss.They will remain calm like the eye of a hurricane.

Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts

He who experiences the unity of life sees his own self in all beings.

Life is so very difficult. How can we be anything but kind.

He who never thinks of anything as 'mine' does not feel the lack of anything: he is never worried by a sense of loss.

When you like a flower, you just pluck it. But when you love a flower, you water it daily.

The greatest impurity is ignorance. Free yourself from it. Be pure.

If dresses would have qualified people, then whores would have ruled the world.

The mind precedes all things, the mind dominates all things, the mind creates all things.

‎You only lose that which you cling to.