--- title: "8 Dust Quotes By Gautama Buddha" description: "8 Dust quotes by Gautama Buddha. Plus more from Gautama Buddha and more Dust sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/gautama-buddha-163_bricks_i-consider-the-positions-of-kings-and-ru_1181836.jpg" --- > [I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/i-consider-the-positions-of-kings-and-rulers-as-that-of-dust-motes-i/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/gautama-buddha-163_bricks_i-consider-the-positions-of-kings-and-ru_1181836.jpg) > [Evil-doers who denounce the wise resemble a person who spits against the sky; the spittle will never reach the sky, but comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/evil-doers-who-denounce-the-wise-resemble-a-person-who-spits-against/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb3/gautama-buddha-163_curse_evil-doers-who-denounce-the-wise-resembl_1346526.jpg) > [If a man offend a harmless, pure, and innocent person, the evil falls back upon that fool, like light dust thrown up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/if-a-man-offend-a-harmless-pure-and-innocent-person-the-evil-falls/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/gautama-buddha-163_dust_if-a-man-offend-a-harmless-pure-and-inno_1973606.jpg) > [Offensive acts come back upon the evil doer, like dust that is thrown against the wind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/offensive-acts-come-back-upon-the-evil-doer-like-dust-that-is-thrown/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/gautama-buddha-163_doers_offensive-acts-come-back-upon-the-evil-d_2339097.jpg) > [Those who are pure in heart and single in purpose are able to understand the most supreme Way. It is like polishing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/those-who-are-pure-in-heart-and-single-in-purpose-are-able-to/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/gautama-buddha-163_able_those-who-are-pure-in-heart-and-single-i_2561528.jpg) > [He who wrongs the innocent must bear the fruit of his act, like dust flung against the wind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/he-who-wrongs-the-innocent-must-bear-the-fruit-of-his-act-like-dust/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f9/gautama-buddha-163_bears_he-who-wrongs-the-innocent-must-bear-the_2755125.jpg) > [I knew that most people never see this reality because they attach to the material aspect of the world. Illusions of self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/i-knew-that-most-people-never-see-this-reality-because-they-attach-to/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/gautama-buddha-163_aspect_i-knew-that-most-people-never-see-this-r_3090159.jpg) > [The big belly can accommodate all kinds of things. The benevolence is never let a dust behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/the-big-belly-can-accommodate-all-kinds-of-things-the-benevolence-is/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/gautama-buddha-163_accommodate_the-big-belly-can-accommodate-all-kinds_3194318.jpg) ## Other authors on Dust ## More by Gautama Buddha > [Before you've seen it, and when you first see it, it is the greatest thing; afterwards, it is ordinary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/before-you-ve-seen-it-and-when-you-first-see-it-it-is-the-greatest/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the Messiah?" "No," answered Buddha. "Then are you a healer?" "No," Buddha replied. "Then are you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/one-of-his-students-asked-buddha-are-you-the-messiah-no-answered/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [Give thanks for what had been given to you, However little. Be pure, never falter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/give-thanks-for-what-had-been-given-to-you-however-little-be-pure/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/for-fear-of-causing-terror-to-living-beings-mahamati-let-the/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [Be lamps unto yourselves. Be refuges unto yourselves. Take yourself no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/be-lamps-unto-yourselves-be-refuges-unto-yourselves-take-yourself-no/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/speak-only-the-speech-that-neither-torments-self-nor-does-harm-to/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [Pain is the outcome of sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/pain-is-the-outcome-of-sin/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/it-is-because-i-perceive-the-danger-in-the-practice-of-mystic-wonders/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/so-too-monks-i-saw-the-ancient-path-the-ancient-road-traveled-by-the/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [If one is the master of oneself, one is the resort one can depend on; therefore, one should control oneself of all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/if-one-is-the-master-of-oneself-one-is-the-resort-one-can-depend-on/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [Watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/watch-the-thought-and-its-ways-with-care-and-let-it-spring-from-love/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [One is not low because of birth nor does birth make one holy. Deeds alone make one low, deeds alone make one holy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/one-is-not-low-because-of-birth-nor-does-birth-make-one-holy-deeds/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [He who causes suffering shall suffer. There is no escape.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/he-who-causes-suffering-shall-suffer-there-is-no-escape/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [If a person does not harm any living being...and does not kill or cause others to kill - that person is a true spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/if-a-person-does-not-harm-any-living-being-and-does-not-kill-or-cause/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [The fool says, "These are my sons, this is my land, this is my money." In reality, the fool does not own himself, much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/the-fool-says-these-are-my-sons-this-is-my-land-this-is-my-money-in/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dust/gautama-buddha/#itemlist", "name": "8 Dust Quotes By Gautama Buddha", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. 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