Quotes from Buddha

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

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.

A jug fills drop by drop The tongue is like a sharp knife kills without drawing blood

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. Theind is everything. What we think we become

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exist only as an idea

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.

As the flectcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.

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.

Everything changes, nothing remains without change.

Everything is changeable, everything appears and disappears there is no blissful peace until one passes beyond the agony of life and death.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

He is able who thinks he is able.

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes, he who loves no one has no woes.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, and what good will they do you if you do not act upon them

Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.

Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.

On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions it is the best refreshment on the journey and it is the greatest property.

On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.

The mind is everything. What you think you become. You yourself, as much anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows

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

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.