Careful amidst the careless, amongst the sleeping wide-awake, the intelligent man leaves them all behind, like a race-horse does a mere hack. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
He who harms living beings is, for that reason, not an ariya (a Noble One); he who does not harm any living… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Much though he recites the sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless man is like a cowherd who only counts the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Death carries off a man busy picking flowers with an besotted mind, like a great flood does a sleeping village. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
'I've got children', 'I've got wealth.' This is the way a fool brings suffering on himself. He does not even own himself,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Like a beautiful flower that is colorful but has no fragrance, even well spoken words bear no fruit in one who does… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Do not have as friends harmful people, the wise person does not associate with the worst of people. Have as friends virtuous… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most ungrudging love; and the more… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If a traveller does not meet with one who is his better, or his equal, let him firmly keep to his solitary… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Before you've seen it, and when you first see it, it is the greatest thing; afterwards, it is ordinary. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the Messiah?" "No," answered Buddha. "Then are you a healer?" "No," Buddha replied. "Then are you… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Give thanks for what had been given to you, However little. Be pure, never falter. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Be lamps unto yourselves. Be refuges unto yourselves. Take yourself no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast to… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If one is the master of oneself, one is the resort one can depend on; therefore, one should control oneself of all. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
One is not low because of birth nor does birth make one holy. Deeds alone make one low, deeds alone make one holy. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
