Well now, bhikkhus, my counsel is: experience is disappointing; through vigilance you succeed.
~ Buddha
Buddha on Patience
“A jug fills drop by drop.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Ambition
“Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Truth
“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Suffering
“Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Envy
“Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Action
“An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Gossip
“The tongue like a sharp knife … kills without drawing blood.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Malice
“Better than a hundred years of mischief, is one day of contemplation.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Suffering
“Life is suffering.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Ambition
“Do not ask for family or power or wealth, either for yourself or another. Can a wise person wish to rise unjustly?”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Words
“Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on praise and Blame
“The wind cannot shake a mountain. Neither praise nor blame moves the wise man.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Self-Mastery
“You are your only master. Who else could it be? Discipline yourself and discover your master.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Honesty
“Like a lovely flower, bright and fragrant, are the fine and truthful words of one who means what they say.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Virtue
“Speak the truth. Give what you can. Never be angry. These three steps will lead you into the presence of the gods.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Health
“Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Health
“To keep the body in good health is a duty…otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Virtue
“Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Straying Thoughts
“As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Finding Peace
“Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Work
“Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Anger
“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Malice
“As dust thrown against the wind, mischief is blown back in the face of the fool who wrongs the pure and harmless.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Peace
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Being Saved
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Patience
“One who is able to practice patience can be called a great person who has strength.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Evil
“It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Thoughts
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Self-Mastery
“To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.”
~ Buddha
Buddha on Being Industrious
“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
Buddha on Wisdom
“The fool who knows he is a fool is that much wiser.”
~ Buddha