Buddha Quotes.
In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.
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.
Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom.
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance of fruits. But alms given to those who are yet under the tyrannical yoke of the passions are like seed deposited in a bad soil. The passions of the receiver of the alms choke, as it were, the growth of merits.
To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.
Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
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.
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
