Buddha

     Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni, or simply the Buddha, was a sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.

Buddha's Quotes

• You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
•  Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
• Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
• 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.
• The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.
• There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
• 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.
• We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
• Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
• 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.
• However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
• In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
• I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.
• There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.
• Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
• 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.
• A jug fills drop by drop.
• Without health life is not life; it is only a state of languor and suffering - an image of death.
• It is better to travel well than to arrive.
• He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.
• Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
• Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
• The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.
• 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.
• Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.
• You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
• Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.