Quotes from The Buddha

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  Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom.View Quote →
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  Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.View Quote →
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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.View Quote →
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  Radiate boundless love towards the entire world — above, below, and across — unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.View Quote →
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  We will develop and cultivate the liberation of mind by lovingkindness, make it our vehicle, make it our basis, stabilize it, exercise ourselves in it, and fully perfect it.View Quote →
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  Do I speak at the right time, or not? Do I speak of facts, or not? Do I speak gently or harshly? Do I speak profitable words or not? Do I speak with a kindly heart, or inwardly malicious?View Quote →
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  Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.View Quote →
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  Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure.View Quote →
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  Whoever doesn't flare up at someone who's angry wins a battle hard to win.View Quote →
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  Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever's not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet.View Quote →
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  Radiate boundless love towards the entire world…View Quote →
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  When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself.View Quote →
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  'All conditioned things are impermanent' — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.View Quote →
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  I do not dispute with the world; rather it is the world that disputes with me.View Quote →
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  Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.View Quote →
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  Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts!The BuddhaView Quote →
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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.The BuddhaView Quote →
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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.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  I, too, do not envision a doctrine of self the clinging to which there would not arise sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.The BuddhaView Quote →
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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.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows them like a never-departing shadow.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  The thing that is disliked by me is also disliked by others. Since I dislike this thing, how can I inflict it on someone else?The BuddhaView Quote →
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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.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  To support mother and father, to cherish partner and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  Ceasing to do evil, Cultivating the good, Purifying the heart: This is the teaching of the Buddhas.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  What is past is left behind. The future is yet unreached. Whatever quality is present, clearly see it right there.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  Conditions fall apart. Persist with diligence.The BuddhaView Quote →
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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.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  A wise person should be urgently moved on occasions that make for urgency.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  Whatever is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit.The BuddhaView Quote →
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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.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  May all beings have happy minds.View Quote →
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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.View Quote →
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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.View Quote →
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  All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  We will develop and cultivate the liberation of mind by lovingkindness, make it our vehicle, make it our basis, stabilize it, exercise ourselves in it, and fully perfect it.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  What is past is left behind. The future is yet unreached. Whatever quality is present, clearly see it right there.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  Give, even if you only have a little.The BuddhaView Quote →
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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.The BuddhaView Quote →
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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.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.The BuddhaView Quote →
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  One should not hurt others if one loves oneself.The BuddhaView Quote →
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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.The BuddhaView Quote →