Quotes by Gautama Buddha

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.]

True love is born from understanding.

To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana.

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

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.

May all that have life be delivered from suffering

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

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.

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didnt learn a lot at least we learned a little, and if we didnt learn a little, at least we didnt get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didnt die; so, let us all be thankful.

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.

With our thoughts we make the world.

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

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.

Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.

Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.

To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.

Speak the truth do not become angered and give when asked, even be it a little. By these three conditions one goes to the presence of the gods.

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