Quotes from Gautama Buddha

You can only lose what you cling to.

Once you know the nature of anger and joy is empty and you let them go, you free yourself from karma.

To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana.

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

True and lasting inner peace can never be found in external things. It can only be found within in. And then, once we find and nurture it with ourselves, it radiates outward.

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

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.

Better than a thousand hollow words Is one word that brings peace. Better than a thousand hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace.

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.

Until he has unconditional and unbiased love for all beings, man will not find peace.

When the sleeping snake is gone, then you can rest at ease.

Peace comes from within; do not try to seek it without.

If the selflessness of phenomena is analyzed and if this analysis is cultivated, it causes the effect of attaining nirvana. through no other cause does one come to peace.

Better than a meaningless story of a thousand words is a single word of deep meaning which, when heard, produces peace.

If a viper lives in your room and you wish to have a peaceful sleep, you must first chase it out.

Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.

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

What you think you become.

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.

All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.

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

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.