Quotes from Gautama Buddha

That army of yours, that the world with its devas can't overcome, I will smash with discernment

I spit on my life. Death in battle would be better for me than that I, defeated, survive.

The darkest night is ignorance.

Nothing brings suffering as does the untamed, uncontrolled unattended and unrestrained heart. That heart brings suffering.

He that hath sinned In body, word, or thought, Or in anything That is called sinful, Doing not that which is righteous, But doing much that is unrighteous-- This fool after the dissolution of the body, Shall go to perdition.

The fiercest fire is hatred.

A life of chastity ... is the road that leadeth to Nirvana.

Nothing brings joy as does a tamed, controlled, attended and restrained heart. This heart brings joy.

Through their proper knowledge Creatures of Discernment forsake that Desire Through which lustful creatures Go to misfortune.

The sharpest sword is a word spoken in wrath.

Look on Sin and loathe it; With minds loathing it, Then will ye make An end of Misery.

By the destruction of his Cravings, This monk hath extinguished Hunger, and hath attained Nirvana.

For he that is delighted by concord, And who abideth in the Law, Falleth not from Security.

The most precious treasure is virtue.

An invulnerable armor is patience.

The man that is dominated by Anger Doth not know what is seemly and seeth not the Law; That man whom Hate doth accompany, Becometh like unto murky darkness.

Destroy the man of wicked thoughts, Like a bamboo-tree with its fruit.

When the gods know that a god hath fallen, With this kindly feeling They do encourage him-- Be thou a god again and again.

Whatsoever misfortunes there are Here in this world or in the next, They all have their root in Ignorance And in the accumulation of Longing and Desire.

The most dangerous thief is unwholesome thought.

Doubt everything. Find your own light.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.

Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.