256 quotes found
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel foll...”
“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; ...”
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
“Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it”
“With our thoughts we make the world.”
“Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.”
“a dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. a man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.”
“New karma is being made all the time. When one acts with a positive motivation, goodness is furthered. When one acts out of negative motivation, negativity is furthered. "We can recondition ourselv...”
“To just be--to be--amidst all doings, achievings, and becomings. This is the natural state of mind, or original, most fundamental state of being. This is unadulterated Buddha-nature. This is like f...”
“Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value a...”
“The question has often been asked; Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy? It does not matter what you call it. Buddhism remains what it is whatever label you may put on it. The label is immaterial...”
“Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.”
“When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.”
“According to the Buddha's teaching the beginning of the life-stream of living beings is unthinkable. THe believer in the creation of life by God may be astonished at this reply. But if you were to ...”
“From the mud of adversity grows the lotus of joy”
“There is no unmoving mover behind the movement. It is only movement. It is not correct to say that life is moving, but life is movement itself. Life and movement are not two different things. In ot...”
“It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.”
“Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.”
“To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.”
“Speak the truth do not become angered and give when asked, even be it a little. By these three conditions one goes to the presence of the gods.”
