256 quotes found
“Attachment leads to suffering.”
“You only lose what you cling to.”
“Patience is the highest asceticism.”
“With our thoughts we make the world.”
“Consciousness is naturally shamanic.”
“True love is born from understanding.”
“When you blame, you open up a world of excuses, because as long as you're looking outside, you miss the opportunity to look inside, and you continue to suffer.”
“Courage is often associated with aggression, but instead should be seen as a willingness to act from the heart.”
“These... things, householder, are welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world:Long life is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world.Beauty is welcome, agreeable, ...”
“So also is the case if I dont care the one abusing me. He is the one going to be demeaned.”
“The name one gives is inessential.What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by other name would smell as sweet.”
“What difference makes what you believe? What happens will happen anyway, exactly the same, no matter what you believe. What you do makes the important part. What you do.”
“Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.]”
“He laughed. I had made a joke, apparently. "What difference makes what you believe? What happens will happen anyway, exactly the same, no matter what you believe. What you do makes the important pa...”
“Who have not led the holy lifenor riches won while young,they linger on as aged cranesaround a fished-out pond.”
“To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana.”
“Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.”
“Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred, but gives it room to grow. But, ancient wisdom has advoc...”
“He prefers the security of known misery to the misery of unfamiliar insecurity.”
“Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.”
“What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And wha...”
“May all that have life be delivered from suffering”
“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.”
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.”
“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?”
