Gautama Buddha Quotes

Now, Kalamas, don’t go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, ‘This contemplative is our teacher.’ When you know for yourselves that, ‘These qualities are skillful; these qualities are blameless; these qualities are praised by the wise; these qualities, when adopted & carried out, lead to welfare & to happiness’ — then you should enter & remain in

When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.

those which arise dependently are free of inherent existence.

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.

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; so, let us all be thankful.

The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next

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?

It is better to travel, than to arrive

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

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

Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.

How wonderful! How wonderful! All things are perfect, exactly as they are.

Those who consider the inessential to be essential And see the essential as inessential Don't reach the essential, Living in the field of wrong intention

Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.

Doubt everything. Find your own light.

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

You are as the yellow leaf.The messengers of death are at hand.You are to travel far away.What will you take with you?You are the lampTo lighten the way.Then hurry, hurry.When your light shinesWithout impurity or desireYou will come into the boundless country.Your life is falling away.Death is at hand.Where will you rest on the way?What have you taken with you?You are the lampTo lighten the way.Then hurry, hurry.When your light shines purelyYou will not be bornAnd you will not die.

May all that have life be delivered from suffering

Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.

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 your rafters broken,the ridge pole destroyed,gone to the Unformed, the mind has come to the end of craving.

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

Live in joy, in love,even among those who hate.Live in joy, in health,even among the afflicted.Live in joy, in peace,even among the troubled.Look within, be still.Free from fear and attachment,know the sweet joy of the way.