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Buddha Quotes
«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.»
Author: Buddha
«It is better to travel well than to arrive.»
Author: Buddha
«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.»
Author: Buddha
«Think not lightly of evil, saying, 'It will not come to me.' Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the fool, gathering it little by little, fills himself with evil.»
Author: Buddha
«I do not care to know your various theories about God. What is the use of discussing all the subtle doctrines about the soul? Do good and be good. And this will take you to freedom and to whatever truth there is....»
«In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.»
Author: Buddha
«Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.»
Author: Buddha
«A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another.»
Author: Buddha
«Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide»
Author: Buddha