The liar's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
The business man - a man to whom age brings golf instead of wisdom.
No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot.
Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.
Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except yourself.
There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.
The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.
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.
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.
I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.
Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom.
Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.
Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.
The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men.
Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook but the oceans depth are calm.
Though one should live a hundred years without wisdom and control, yet better, indeed, is a single day's life of one who is wise and meditative.
The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.
Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
