Quotes By Buddha

What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.

If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.

The greatest prayer is patience.

The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men.

To become vegetarian is to step towards the stream which leads to nirvana.

When you come upon a path that brings benefit and happiness to all, follow this course as the moon journeys through the stars.

If a traveller does not meet with one who is his better, or his equal, let him firmly keep to his solitary journey; there is no companionship with a fool.

People with opinions just go around bothering one another.

Life is a river always flowing. do not hold onto things. Work hard.

Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.

Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.

There are no chains like hate...dwelling on your brother's faults multiplies your own. You are far from the end of your journey.

There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.

Most problems, if you give them enough time and space, will eventually wear themselves out

More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm.

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind.

To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in the past is to carry the raft on your back after you have crossed the river.

Be devoted to conscientiousness. Guard your own mind.

So long as dualism is adhered to, there is no Nirvana, no self-realisation. Light and shadow, long and short, black and white-they are mutually related; when they stand alone each by itself, they have no meaning. So with Nirvana.

Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow.