114 quotes found
Founder of Buddhism
“Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone.”
“Just to say 'I believe' or 'I do not doubt' does not mean that you understand and see. To force oneself to see and accept a thing without understanding is political and not spiritual or intellectual.”
“Mirror mirror on the wall, show the real me or naught at all.”
“It is better to travel, than to arrive”
“Meditate, nanda, do not delay, or else you will regret it later. This is our instruction to you.”
“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.”
“Bahujanahitya bahujanasukhya loknukampya:For the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world.”
“How wonderful! How wonderful! All things are perfect, exactly as they are.”
“Our life is shaped by our mind, for we become what we think.”
“Let a man leave anger, let him forsake pride, let him overcome all bondage! No sufferings befall the man who is not attached to name and form and who calls nothing his own.[Verse 221] TR- Friedrich...”
“How blissful it is, for one who has nothing. Attainers-of-wisdom are people with nothing. See him suffering, one who has something, a person bound in mind with people.”
“Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.”
“Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so is human life like a line drawn on water. It is short, limited, and brief; it is full of suffering, fu...”
“He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man.”
“Through the round of many births I roamed without reward, without rest, seeking the house-builder. Painful is birth again & again.House-builder, you're seen!You will not build a house again.All you...”
“You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Dont give up.”
“Emotion arise from Desire, hence an Illusion.”
“Patience is the highest asceticism.”
“Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.”
“All beings tremble before violence.All fear death.All love life.See yourself in others.Then whom can you hurt?What harm can you do?”
