| On Love and Hatred: |
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Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
~ Buddha. |
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Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.
~ Buddha. |
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Fill your mind with compassion.
~ Buddha. |
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| On Idleness and Diligence: |
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To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
~ Buddha. |
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What we think, we become.
~ Buddha. |
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An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
~ Buddha. |
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Pay no attention to the faults of others,
things done or left undone by others.
Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.
~ Buddha. |
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Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
~ Buddha. |
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He is able who thinks he is able.
~ Buddha. |
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| On the value of words: |
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Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
~ Buddha. |
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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. |
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Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. ~ Buddha. |
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| On health: |
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Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
~ Buddha. |
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Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.
~ Buddha. |
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| On good deeds: |
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Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
~ Buddha. |
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Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.
~ Buddha. |
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| On mind: |
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Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
~ Buddha. |
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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. |
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Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
~ Buddha. |
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All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
~ Buddha. |
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The mind is everything. What you think you become.
~ Buddha. |
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Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
~ Buddha. |
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Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.
~ Buddha. |
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| General Quotes: |
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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.
~ Buddha. |
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A jug fills drop by drop.
~ Buddha. |
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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. |
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Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others.
~ Buddha. |
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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. |
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Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
~ Buddha. |
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Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
~ Buddha. |
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