Quotes By Buddha

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

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

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

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

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

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.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

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

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?

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

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

It is better to travel well than to arrive.