Quotations From Buddha II

Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.

As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape their lives.


Let go the past, let go the future, and let go what is in between, transcending the things of time. With your mind free in every direction, you will not return to birth and aging.


A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.

It is good to have companions when occasion arises, and it is good to be contented with whatever comes.


Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love, this is the eternal rule.


The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.


When a man has pity on all living creatures then only is he noble.


Because he has pity on every living creature, therefore is a man called 'holy'.


Joyful is the accumulation of good work.


He who, seeking his own happiness, punishes or kills beings who also long for happiness, will not find happiness after his death.


One act of pure love in saving life is greater than spending the whole of one's time in religious offerings to the gods . . .


To utter pleasant words without practicing them, is like a fine flower without fragrance.


Pain is the outcome of sin.


When one is overcome by this wretched, clinging desire in the world, one's sorrows increase like grass growing up after a lot of rain.


To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.


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.


Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.


From craving arises sorrow, from craving arises fear, but he who is freed from craving has no sorrow and certainly no fear.


Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.


The fool who thinks he is wise is just a fool. The fool who knows he is a fool is wise indeed.


Hunger (for things) is the supreme disease.


Do not speak harshly to any one; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful: blows for blows will touch thee.


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.


If a viper lives in your room and you wish to have a peaceful sleep, you must first chase it out.


Good thoughts will produce good actions and bad thoughts will produce bad actions. Hatred does not cease by hatred at any time; hatred ceases by love.


Better than a thousand useless words is one word that gives peace.


Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.


An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.


Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.� Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.


Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.


All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.

Quotations From Buddha I

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think.
Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it.
Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think.
Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.

Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. . . . Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.

The good renounce everything. The pure don't babble about sensual desires. Whether touched by pleasure or pain, the wise show no change of temper.

If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.

Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.

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

One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.

Like a beautiful flower that is colorful but has no fragrance, even well spoken words bear no fruit in one who does not put them into practice.

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

More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm.

Little by little a person becomes evil, as a water pot is filled by drops of water...
Little by little a person becomes good, as a water pot is filled by drops of water.

Those . . . who find delight in freedom from attachment in the renunciation of clinging, free from the inflow of thoughts, they are like shining lights, having reached final liberation in the world.

But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off a lotus.

Everything changes, nothing remains without change.

When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed out, a foolish man will not only disregard the advice but rather repeat the same error.

Like a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, so the wise are not moved by praise or blame.

A victor only breeds hatred, while a defeated man lives in misery, but a man at peace within lives happily, abandoning up ideas of victory and defeat.

Never have anything to do with likes and dislikes. The absence of what one likes is painful, as is the presence of what one dislikes. Therefore don't take a liking to anything. To lose what one likes is hard, but there are no bonds for those who have no likes and dislikes. From preference arises sorrow, from preference arises fear, but he who is freed from preference has no sorrow and certainly no fear.



Freed by full realization and at peace, the mind of such a man is at peace, and his speech and action peaceful. 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.

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

Full of love for all things in the world, practicing virtue, in order to benefit others, this man alone is happy.

A kind man who makes good use of wealth is rightly said to possess a great treasure; but the miser who hoards up his riches will have no profit.

When we feel happy and peaceful, our happiness and peace radiates around us, and others can enjoy it as well. This is called 'the enjoyment of others of our body of bliss'.

Powerful Life Quotes

Be yourself. There is something that you can do better than any other. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that.

Live in the moment and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering!

The journey of a thousand miles begin with a single step. ~ Lao Tzu

Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're right. ~ Henry Ford



Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Whatever you can do, Begin it. Boldness has genius, Power and Magic in it. ~ Goethe

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for a newer and richer experience. ~ Eleanor Rooseveit

Never Never Never Give Up. ~ WInston Churchill



It is never too late to be what you might have been... ~ George Eliot

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying," I will try again tomorrow." ~ Mary Ann Radmacher

It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years! ~ Abe Lincoln

Some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next... delicious ambiguity... ~ Gilda Radner



Be the change you wish to see in the world... ~ Gandhi

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. ~ Thoreau

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. ~ Buddha

Best Life Quotations

Nothing is worth more than this day. ~ Goethe

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. ~ Emerson

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. ~ Buddha





Time is equal to life; therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life. ~ Alan Lakein


Time is the most precious element of human existence. The successful person knows how to put energy into time and how to draw success from time. ~ Denis Waitley


Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny. ~ Tyron Edwards


To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue... gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. ~ Confucius






Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for. ~ Joseph Addison


It is not length of life, but depth of life. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had. ~ Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. ~ Albert Einstein