Quotes By Buddha

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

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

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

A jug fills drop by drop.

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

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

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

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.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

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

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

What we think, we become.

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

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

It is better to travel well than to arrive.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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