Buddha
43 quotes
Biography
"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."
"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
"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."
"To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance."
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
"Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life."
"Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship."
"He is able who thinks he is able."
"Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace."
"It is better to travel well than to arrive."
"In separateness lies the world's great misery, in compassion lies the world's true strength."
"Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others."
"If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path."
"Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts."
"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."
"The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character."
"In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves."
"Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind."
"To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear."
"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting."
"The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground."
"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."
"When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky."
"He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye."
"In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true."