Thoughts by Famous Buddha Quotes in English Quotations

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.

Offend in neither word nor deed. Eat with moderation. Live in your heart. Seek the highest consciousness. Master yourself according to the law. This is the simple teaching of the awakened.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon…. If a man speak or act with a good thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.

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.

He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake’s venom that so quickly spreads — such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.

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.

Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that ‘I must lead all the beings to nirvana, into that realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind’. What is this realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind ?

Indeed, the sage who’s fully quenched rests at ease in every way; no sense desire adheres to him whose fires have cooled, deprived of fuel. All attachments have been severed, the heart’s been led away from pain; tranquil, he rests with utmost ease. The mind has found its way to peace.

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What’s the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?

Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What’s the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.

People with opinions just go around bothering one another.

You can only lose what you cling to.

Nothing is forever except change.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

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Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing.

She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

Life is so very difficult. How can we be anything but kind?

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.

Speak or act with an impure mind and trouble will follow you.

There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.

Born out of concern for all beings.

What we think, we become.

May all beings have happy minds.

Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.

True love is born from understanding.

Purity or impurity depends on oneself, no one can purify another.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

Let all-embracing thoughts for all beings be yours.

A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another.

To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.

To abstain from lying is essentially wholesome.

May all that have life be delivered from suffering.

When you like a flower, you just pluck it. But when you love a flower, you water it daily.

Avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.

Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts!

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

Delight in meditation and solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker.

What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.

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

Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

Life is so very hard. How can we be anything but kind?

You only lose what you cling to.

Nothing remains without change.

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

With mindfulness, strive on.

The trouble is, you think you have time.

I am the miracle.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.

People with opinions just go around bothering each other.

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken words.

Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.

A jug fills drop by drop.

Love the whole world as a mother loves her only child.

Buddha Quotes in English

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

Faith and prayer both are invisible, but they make impossible things possible.

You are a seeker. Delight in the mastery of your hands and your feet, of your words and your thoughts.

Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are. It solely relies on what you think.

It is better to do nothing, than to do what is wrong. For whatever you do, you do to yourself.

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

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

As a bee gathering nectar does not harm or disturb the color and fragrance of the flower; so do the wise move through the world.

One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.

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

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you.

You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy.

Happiness is not having a lot. Happiness is giving a lot.

A disciplined mind brings happiness.

You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way.

Life is suffering.

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In separateness lies the world’s greatest misery; in compassion lies the world’s true strength.

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Don't waste your life trying to impress others.

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The root of suffering is attachment.

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Everything that happens to us is the result of what we ourselves have thought, said, or done. We alone are responsible for our lives.

Silence is the best answer to someone who doesn't value your words.

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To understand everything is to forgive everything.

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Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

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Don’t run after pleasure and neglect the practice of meditation. If you forget the goal of life and get caught in the pleasures of the world, you will come to envy those who put meditation first.

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It is ridiculous to think that somebody else can make you happy or unhappy.

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Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it.

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Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook but the oceans depth are calm.

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You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.

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Nothing is permanent.

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Patience is key. Remember: A jug fills drop by drop.

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

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There is no path to happiness. Happiness is the path.

I do not dispute with the world; rather it is the world that disputes with me.

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

Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.

One moment can change a day, one day can change a life and one life can change the world.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment is the greatest wealth.

‘As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.’ Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet.

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.

To keep the body in good health is a duty…otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear

When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

If we destroy something around us we destroy ourselves. If we cheat another, we cheat ourselves.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

My doctrine is not a doctrine but just a vision. I have not given you any set rules, I have not given you a system.

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.

Leave behind confused reactions and become patient as the earth; unmoved by anger, unshaken as a pillar, unperturbed as a clear and quiet pool.

What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.

It seems that although we thought ourselves permanent, we are not. Although we thought ourselves settled, we are not. Although we thought we would last forever, we will not.

To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation - this is the greatest blessing.

Men, driven on by thirst, run about like a snared hare; let therefore mendicant drive out thirst, by striving after passionlessness for himself.

The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There’s only one moment for you to live.

All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind.

Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.

There isn’t enough darkness in all the world to snuff out the light of one little candle.

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

What you think you create, what you feel you attract, what you imagine you become.

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

Whatever living beings there may be - feeble or strong, long, stout, or of medium size, short, small, large, those seen or those unseen, those dwelling far or near, those who are born as well as those yet to be born - may all beings have happy minds.

The instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

Whatever is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit.

Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.

A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated — this is the greatest blessing.

They blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is not blamed.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

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

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

In whom there is no sympathy for living beings: know him as an outcast.

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

Those attached to the notion ‘I am’ and to views roam the world offending people.

Transcendental intelligence rises when the intellectual mind reaches its limit and if things are to be realized in their true and essential nature, its processes of thinking must be transcended by an appeal to some higher faculty of cognition.

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.

Conquer anger through gentleness, unkindness through kindness, greed through generosity, and falsehood by truth.

Buddha Thoughts

The one in whom no longer exist the craving and thirst that perpetuate becoming; how could you track that Awakened one, trackless, and of limitless range?

Let him not deceive another nor despise anyone anywhere. In anger or ill will let him not wish another ill.

If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows them like a never-departing shadow.

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

Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.

Not by rituals and resolutions, nor by much learning, nor by celibacy, nor even by meditation can you find the supreme, immortal joy of nirvana until you extinguish your self-will.

Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.

Train your eyes and ears; train your nose and tongue. The senses are good friends when they are trained. Train your body in deeds, train your tongue in words, train your mind in thoughts. This training will take you beyond sorrow.

Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you. They are all your teachers, each doing just the right things to help you.

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.

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draw it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follow a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.

Some do not understand that we must die, but those who do realize this settle their quarrels.

The tongue like a sharp knife… Kills without drawing blood.

The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.

Like someone pointing to treasure is the wise person who sees your faults and points them out. Associate with such a sage.

Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.

I will not look at another’s bowl intent on finding fault: a training to be observed.

Meditate … do not delay, lest you later regret it.

Whoever doesn’t flare up at someone who’s angry wins a battle hard to win.

It is easy to see the faults of others, but difficult to see one’s own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one’s own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice.

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

We will develop love, we will practice it, we will make it both a way and a basis…

All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.

If you meditate earnestly, pure in mind and kind in deeds, leading a disciplined life in harmony with the dharma, you will grow in glory. If you meditate earnestly, through spiritual disciplines you can make an island for yourself that no flood can overwhelm.

Meditate… do not delay, lest you later regret it. *

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

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind, suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the footsteps of the ox.

If you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do is keep on walking.

Ceasing to do evil, cultivating the good, purifying the heart: this is the teaching of the Buddhas.

Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.

Your own self is your master; who else could be? With yourself well controlled, you gain a master very hard to find.

However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?

If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.

Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is a pleasant thing.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake’s venom that so quickly spreads, — such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.

The external world is only a manifestation of the activities of the mind itself, and the mind grasps it as an external world simply because of its habit of discrimination and false-reasoning. The disciple must get into the habit of looking at things truthfully.

Good people keep on walking whatever happens. They do not speak vain words and are the same in good fortune and bad. If one desires neither children nor wealth nor power nor success by unfair means, know such a one to be good, wise, and virtuous.

Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.

Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness. Conquer meanness with generosity. Conquer dishonesty with truth.

Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

A man asked Gautama Buddha, “I want happiness.” Buddha said, “First remove “I,” that’s Ego, then remove “want,” that’s Desire. See now, you are left with only “Happiness”.

If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.

On life’s journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.

All conditioned things are impermanent—when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.

One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble.

Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.

Kindness should become the natural way of life, not the exception.

Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand men on the battlefield. Be victorious over yourself and not over others.

Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.

There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well spoken words: this is good luck.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.

Wear your ego like a loose fitting garment.

If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

He is able who thinks he is able.

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.

Live every act fully, as if it were your last.

If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current — how can he help others across?

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.

What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.

We will develop and cultivate the liberation of mind by loving kindness, make it our vehicle, make it our basis, stabilize it, exercise ourselves in it, and fully perfect it.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

Purity or impurity depends on oneself. No one can purify another.

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

As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgments but rain your kindness equally on all.

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?

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.

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?

If a man’s thoughts are muddy, If he is reckless and full of deceit, How can he wear the yellow robe? Whoever is master of his own nature, Bright, clear and true, He may indeed wear the yellow robe.

Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure.

The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest.

If you propose to speak always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind.

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

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

The enlightened one, intent on jhana, should find delight in the forest, should practice jhana at the foot of a tree, attaining his own satisfaction.

As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I. Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.

Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again and you will be filled with joy.

To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple livelihood; this is the good luck.

Live with no sense of ‘mine,’ not forming attachment to experiences.

Health is the best gift, contentment the best wealth, trust the best kinsman, nirvana the greatest joy. Drink the nectar of the dharma in the depths of meditation, and become free from fear and sin.

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

As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.

For soon the body is discarded, Then what does it feel? A useless log of wood, it lies on the ground, Then what does it know? Your worst enemy cannot harm you As much as your own thoughts, unguarded. But once mastered, No one can help you as much, Not even your father or your mother.

This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds. To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is a flash of lightning in the sky. Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain.

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.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but is he peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

We will develop and cultivate the liberation of mind by lovingkindness, make it our vehicle, make it our basis, stabilize it, exercise ourselves in it, and fully perfect it.

Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.

Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.

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

Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all.

As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgement but rain your kindness equally on all.

Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.

However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?

Pain is certain, suffering is optional.

One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases – and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the path.

Stop, stop. Do not speak. The ultimate truth is not even to think.

It is in the nature of things that joy arises in a person free from remorse.

It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

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.

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.

The fool who knows he is a fool is that much wiser.

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.

Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is Awakened.

Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.

He who sits alone, sleeps alone, and walks alone, who is strenuous and subdues himself alone, will find delight in the solitude of the forest.

If you are quiet enough, you will hear the flow of the universe. You will feel its rhythm. Go with this flow. Happiness lies ahead. Meditation is key.

Give, even if you only have a little.

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it.

Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

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.

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.

Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

Do not turn away what is given you, nor reach out for what is given to others, lest you disturb your quietness.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.

Attachment leads to suffering.

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.

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.

If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?

Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Whatever is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit.

Should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let them resolutely pursue a solitary course.

The true master lives in truth, in goodness and restraint, non-violence, moderation, and purity.

Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself.

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

Love is a gift of one’s inner most soul to another so both can be whole.

Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life.

Be truthful; do not yield to anger. Give freely, even if you have but little. The gods will bless you.

To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.

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.

Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one’s own acts, done and undone.

Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

When you attain victory over yourself, not even the gods can turn it into defeat.

Life is like the harp string, if it is strung too tight it won’t play, if it is too loose it hangs, the tension that produces the beautiful sound lies in the middle.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

It is better to travel well than to arrive.

Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering – an image of death.

Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

The calmed say that what is well-spoken is best; second, that one should say what is right, not unrighteous; third, what’s pleasing, not displeasing; fourth, what is true, not false.

If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.

One who acts on truth is happy in this world and beyond.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

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

As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed.

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

Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, not to anticipate the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

If you knew what I know about the power of giving you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.

The one in whom no longer exist the craving and thirst that perpetuate becoming; how could you track that Awakened one, trackless, and of limitless range.

See them, floundering in their sense of mine, like fish in the puddles of a dried-up stream - and, seeing this, live with no mine, not forming attachment for states of becoming.

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. 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.

Radiate boundless love towards the entire world.

Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom.

Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.

Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.