Buddha Quotes

Guatama Buddha - “Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.”

Guatama Buddha - “An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.”

Guatama Buddha - “To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.”

Guatama Buddha - “Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.”

Guatama Buddha - “Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.”

Guatama Buddha - “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, And the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

Guatama Buddha - “All that we are is the result of what we have thought; it is founded on our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.”

Guatama Buddha - “A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections And rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.”

Guatama Buddha - “To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.”

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Guatama Buddha - “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”

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Guatama Buddha - “Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.”

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Guatama Buddha - “The greatest prayer is patience.”

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Guatama Buddha - “The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.”

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Guatama Buddha - “It is a man's own mind - not his enemy or his foe that lures him into evil ways.”

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Guatama Buddha - “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.”

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Guatama Buddha - “Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.”

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Guatama Buddha - “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 (pun on the word 'nirvana'), bhikkhus.”

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Guatama Buddha - “Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.”

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Guatama Buddha - “Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.”

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Guatama Buddha - “Believe nothing merely because you have been told it.... Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings — that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.”

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Guatama Buddha - “A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.”

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Guatama Buddha - “Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love, this is the eternal rule.”

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Guatama Buddha - “Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall reach the topmost height.”

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Guatama Buddha - “Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”

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Guatama Buddha - “There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.”

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