Quotes

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.
-Buddha

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

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
-Buddha

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
-Buddha

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
-Buddha

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.
-Buddha

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
-Buddha

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.
-Buddha

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
-Buddha

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
-Buddha

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
-Buddha

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
-Buddha

The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
-Buddha

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

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?
-Buddha

Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.
-Buddha

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

Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.
-Buddha

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
-Buddha

All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.
-Buddha

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
-Buddha

Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
-Buddha

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
-Buddha

On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
-Buddha

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
-Buddha

The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.
-Buddha

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
-Buddha

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.
-Buddha

Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.
-Buddha

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
-Buddha

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.
-Buddha

Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.
-Buddha

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
-Buddha

Do not well in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
-Buddha

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
-Buddha

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

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
-Buddha

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.
-Buddha

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
-Buddha

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
-Buddha

He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.
-Buddha

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.
-Buddha

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
-Buddha

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

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true.
-Buddha

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
-Buddha