quotes ~by buddha~

pennylane · #1 (**permalink**) 08-10-2008, 09:27 AM

* "War ends only when people love each other." -Buddha.

* " Our life is the creation of our mind." -Buddha.

* "Our body is precious. It is a vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care." -Buddha.

* "To stop suffering, stop greediness. Greediness is a source of suffering."-Buddha.

* "Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them,humanity cannot survive."-Buddha

* " Three things cannot be long hidden: The Sun, The Moon and The Truth." -Buddha

* " May all that have life be delivered from suffering."- Buddha.

* "If the mind be fixed on the acquirement of any object, that object will be attained." - Buddha

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

* "If you want to know the past, look at your present life. If you want to know the future, look at your present." - Buddha

* "Your suffering is my suffering and your happiness is my happiness."-Buddha.

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

* "What you are now is what you have been, what you will be is what you do now." -Buddha.

* In this world, hate never dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law,ancient and inexhaustible.You too shall pass away.Knowing this, how can you quarrel?" -Buddha

* "Long is the night to the sleepless; long is the mile to the tired; long is life to the foolish, who know not Truths."-Buddha

* "He who wrongs the innocent must bear the fruit of his act, like dust flung against the wind."-Buddha

* "Like a beautiful flower, full of colour but without scent, are the empty words of him who does not act accordingly.- "Buddha

* "It is impossible for a man who is bogged to extricate another who is bogged."-Buddha

* "Wisdom makes light the darkness of ignorance."-Buddha

* "As solid rock remains unmoved by the wind, so the wise remain unmoved by blame and praise."-Buddha

* "The holy man is beyond time, he does not depend on any view nor subscribe to any sect; all current theories he understands, but he remains unattached to any of them. "-Buddha

* "Overcome anger by love, ill-will by good will; overcome the greedy with liberality, the liar with truth. "-Buddha

* "When a man speaks or acts with ill-will suffering follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the bullock that draws the wagon."-Buddha

* "They who imagine truth in untruth and see untruth in truth will never arrive at the truth."-Buddha

* "Unkind people spread malicious tales, and well-intentioned people also censure; but in either case the tranquil sage remains unconcerned. Nowhere is there to be found a disconcerted sage."-Buddha

* "He who, calm and clear as the moon, hankers no more for continuity-he is holy."-Buddha

* "Men give up one thing to take up another, but in spite of numerous changes they do not find peace. They are no better than monkeys who let go one bough to take hold of another, only to let it go again."-Buddha

* "The man who conquers himself is superior to him who conquers a thousand men in battle."-Buddha

* "You speak or act with a corrupted heart then suffering follows; like the wheel follows the track of the ox."-Buddha

* "Silence is an empty space, space is the home of the awakened mind."-Buddha

* "Flower and thorn are in the same stem."-Buddha

* "He who slings mud loses ground."- Buddha

* "He who lives by the sword eats with bloody hands"-Buddha

* "What's done to the children is done to society."- Buddha

* "A truly wise man does not play leapfrog with a unicorn."- Buddha

* " One who is unrestrained in life-delusion overcomes; as the wind a weak tree."-Buddha

* "Decay is inherent in all compounded things. Work out your salvation with diligence."-Buddha

* "He who forsees calamities suffers them twice over."-Buddha

* "To light a candle is to cast a shadow."-Buddha

* " If a string has one end, it has another." - Buddha

* "Sound health is the greatest of gifts, contentedness the greatest of riches, trust the greatest of qualities, cessation (of continuity) the highest goal."-Buddha

* "We will be thankful and grateful. Not even the last thing that is done for us shall be forgotten." - Buddha

* " All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else."-Buddha

* " Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace." -Buddha

* " 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."- Buddha

* " Never see what has been done; only see what remains to be done."- Buddha

* " All wrong-doing arises because of unstable mind."- Buddha.

* " 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."- Buddha

* " Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals."- Buddha

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

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

* " 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."- Buddha

* " The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground." - Buddha

* " Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loves by the good."- Buddha

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

* " When you plays with fire with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned." - Buddha

* " 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."- Buddha

* " However many holy words you read. However many holy words you speak. What good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? " -Buddha

* " The tongue like a sharp knife, kills without drawing blood."- Buddha

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

* " Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others." - Buddha

* " Life is suffering." - Buddha.

* " It is easy to see the faults of others, but difficult to see one own faults. One shows the faults of other like chaff winnowed in the win, but one conceals one's own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice." - Buddha.

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

* "Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others."-Buddha.

* "Inflamed by greed, incensed by hate, confused by delusion, overcome by them, obsessed by mind, a man chooses for his own affliction, for others' affliction, for the affliction of both and experiences pain and grief."- Buddha.

* " 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." - Buddha

* " 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 Enlightement, and all wisdom and virture will naturally come to him." - Budda

* " It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles."- Buddha

* " In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves."- Buddha

* Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."- Buddha

* " A generous heart, kind speech, and compassion are the things which renew humanity."- Buddha

* " Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace."-Buddha

* " 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."-Buddha

* " If a man lives a pure life nothing can destroy him/her." -Buddha

* " It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways."- Buddha

* " Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life."- Buddha

* " This is what should be done By one who is skilled in goodness, And who knows the path of peace: Let them be able and upright, Straightforward and gentle in speech. Humble and not conceited, Contented and easily satisfied. Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways. Peaceful and calm, and wise and skillful, Not proud and demanding in nature. Let them not do the slightest thing That the wise would later reprove."-Buddha.