Quotes from Buddha

We already have perfect compassion, perfect wisdom, perfect joy. We only need to settle our minds so they can arise from deep within us.

What you are is what you have been. What youll be is what you do now.

The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.

You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

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.

Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to e

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.

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

When words are both true and kind, they can change the world.

Its during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Your work is to discover your work and then, with all your heart, to give yourself to it.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good work to be done.

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.

This life of separateness may be compared to a dream, a phantasm, a bubble, a shadow, a drop of dew, a flash of lightning.

Keeping away from all evil deeds, cultivation of life by doing good deeds and purification of mind from mental impurities.

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

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

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.

Life is suffering.

Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.

What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.

He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.