Buddha Quotes

As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.

We already have perfect compassion,
perfect wisdom, perfect joy.
We only need to settle our minds so
they can arise from deep within us.

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

A man: I want happiness.
Buddha: First remove "I," that's ego, then remove "want," that's desire. See? Now you are left with happiness.

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.

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

Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.

All human unhappiness comes from not facing reality squarely, exactly as it is.

Doubt everything. Find your own light.

"Holding onto anger is like grasping onto a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."

In each man’s mouth at birth is born an axe, wherewith the fool who speaks will cut himself.

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth…not going all the way, and not starting.

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

The wind cannot shake a mountain. Neither praise nor blame moves the wise man.

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart give yourself to it.

Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.

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

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