Top 1138 Quotes & Sayings by Gautama Buddha - Page 4

Our mind is full of anger, jealousy and other negative feelings. Yet we do not realize that these are incompatible with inner peace and joy.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. - Buddha No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

You are all Buddhas. There is nothing you need to achieve. Just open your eyes.

You are your own master, you make your own future. Therefore discipline yourself as a horse-dealer trains a thoroughbred

Those who are pure in heart and single in purpose are able to understand the most supreme Way. It is like polishing a mirror, which becomes bright when the dust is removed. Remove your passions, and have no hankering.

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

The fool says, "These are my sons, this is my land, this is my money." In reality, the fool does not own himself, much less sons, land, or money.

Whatever is subject to origination is all subject to cessation.

The masters only point the way. But if you meditate And follow the dharma You will free yourself from desire. 'Everything arises and passes away.' When you see this, you are above sorrow. This is the shining way.

If you are poor, live wisely. If you have riches, live wisely. It is not your station in life but your heart that brings blessings.

The right time to show your good character is when you are pestered by someone weaker than you.

For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness and strength.

Most problems, if you give them enough time and space, will eventually wear themselves out

What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our mind. If a man speaks or acts with an impure mind, suffering will follow him as the wheel of the cart follows the beast that draws the cart. If a man speaks or acts with a pure mind, joy follows him as his own shadow.

Rather than continuing to seek the truth, simply let go of your views.

How does one stay mindful? Where feelings are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Thoughts are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Perceptions are known they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. This is how a monk stays awake.

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves. This is a helpful pointer for our everyday presence-practice. Can you catch yourself angrily defending your point of view or attacking the other person's? There's the ego.

Learn this from the waters: in mountain clefts and chasms, loud gush the streamlets, but great rivers flow silently.

It is our own thoughts that lead us into trouble, not other people.

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.

How easy it is to see your brother's faults, How hard it is to face your own. You winnow his in the wind like chaff, But yours you hide, Like a cheat covering up an unlucky throw. Dwelling on your brother's faults Multiplies your own. 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.

A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him. Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted!

When an evil-doer, seeing you practise goodness, comes and maliciously insults you, you should patiently endure it and not feel angry with him, for the evil-doer is insulting himself by trying to insult you.

In our lives, change is unavoidable, loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change, lies our happiness and freedom.

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.

The less you have, the less you have to worry about.

The Truth is not Arbitrary or a Matter of Opinion, but can be Investigated, and Those who Earnestly Search for the Truth will Find It. The Truth is Hidden to the Blind, but he who has the Mental Eye Sees the Truth.

The end of desire is the end of sorrow.

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

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

As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.

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

There are two obstacles to enlightenment: 1. Thinking you know. 2 Thinking you don't know.

To awaken, sit calmly, letting each breath clear your mind and open your heart.

Let go of anger. Let go of pride. When you are bound by nothing You go beyond sorrow.

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

By taking these three steps you will get closer to the Gods: First, Say the Truth. Second: Don't let you get Angry. Third: Give, even though you have so little to give.

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.

We do not learn by experience, but by our capacity for experience.

Silence is an empty space, space is the home of the awakened mind.

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

To have everything is to possess nothing.

Better is to speak unpleasant truth than to tell lies.

In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?

As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgments but rain your kindness equally on all.

Those... who find delight in freedom from attachment in the renunciation of clinging, free from the inflow of thoughts, they are like shining lights, having reached final liberation in the world.

Observe the life by cause and consequence. Explore the life by wisdom. Treat the life by equality. Complete the life by love.

Mind is everything. What we think, we become.

Never have anything to do with likes and dislikes. The absence of what one likes is painful, as is the presence of what one dislikes. Therefore don't take a liking to anything. To lose what one likes is hard, but there are no bonds for those who have no likes and dislikes. From preference arises sorrow, from preference arises fear, but he who is freed from preference has no sorrow and certainly no fear.

Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken.

He who walks in the company of fools suffers much. Company with fools, as with an enemy, is always painful. Company with the wise is pleasure, like meeting with kinfolk.

As a bee gathering nectar does not harm or disturb the color & fragrance of the flower; so do the wise move through the world.

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.

Let the wise one control his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, often elusive, and they rush about frantically: a mind well controlled achieves peace and happiness.

If you want to understand the causes that existed in the past, look at the results as they are manifested in the present. And if you want to understand what results will be manifested in the future, look at the causes that exist in the present.

A good friend who points out mistakes is to be respected, as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

People with opinions just go around bothering each other.

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

A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.

There is one thing that, when cultivated and regularly practiced, leads to deep spiritual intention, to peace, to mindfulness and clear comprehension, to vision and knowledge, to a happy life here and now, and to the culmination of wisdom and awakening. And what is that one thing? It is mindfulness centred on the body