114 quotes found
Founder of Buddhism
“Attachment leads to suffering.”
“You only lose what you cling to.”
“Patience is the highest asceticism.”
“With our thoughts we make the world.”
“True love is born from understanding.”
“It is better to travel, than to arrive”
“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.”
“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.]”
“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...”
“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”
“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?”
“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”
“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.”
“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...”
