Gautama Buddha Quotes About Siddhartha
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If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
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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. There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
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It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.
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Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another.
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He who experiences the unity of life sees his own self in all beings.
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However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?
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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
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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.
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You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
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Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.
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Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love.
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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.
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Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. 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.
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It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
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If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
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There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant.
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Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
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There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt.
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The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
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We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
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The secret of health for both mind and body is...live the present moment wisely and earnestly.
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.
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Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.
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When words are both true and kind, they can change the world.
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Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
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With our thoughts we make the world.
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The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.
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Mind is everything. What we think, we become.
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On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property.
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