--- title: "9 Seeking Quotes By Gautama Buddha" description: "9 Seeking quotes by Gautama Buddha. Plus more from Gautama Buddha and more Seeking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d3/gautama-buddha-163_desire_one-who-while-seeking-happiness-oppresse_3214102.jpg" --- > [One who, while seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other living beings who also desire happinesss, will not find happiness hereafter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/one-who-while-seeking-happiness-oppresses-with-violence-other-living/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d3/gautama-buddha-163_desire_one-who-while-seeking-happiness-oppresse_3214102.jpg) > [The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/the-fool-is-his-own-enemy-seeking-wealth-he-destroys-himself-seek/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/gautama-buddha-163_enemy_the-fool-is-his-own-enemy-seeking-wealth_2418667.jpg) > [He who, seeking his own happiness, punishes or kills beings who also long for happiness, will not find happiness after his death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/he-who-seeking-his-own-happiness-punishes-or-kills-beings-who-also/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3be/gautama-buddha-163_buddhist_he-who-seeking-his-own-happiness-punishe_748241.jpg) > [After much seeking for truth and knowledge the profoundness of reality came to me with a clarity never before known.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/after-much-seeking-for-truth-and-knowledge-the-profoundness-of/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/gautama-buddha-163_buddhist_after-much-seeking-for-truth-and-knowled_438447.jpg) > [Seeking but not finding the house builder I travelled through life after life. How painful is repeated birth! House-builders, you have now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/seeking-but-not-finding-the-house-builder-i-travelled-through-life/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/456/gautama-buddha-163_birth_seeking-but-not-finding-the-house-builde_2328517.jpg) > [“Through the round of many births I roamed without reward, without rest, seeking the house-builder. Painful is birth again & again. House-builder,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/through-the-round-of-many-births-i-roamed-without-reward-without-rest/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3a/gautama-buddha-163_betrayal_through-the-round-of-many-births-i-roame_757881.jpg) > [I have passed in ignorance through a cycle of many rebirths, seeking the builder of the house. Continuous rebirth is a painful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/i-have-passed-in-ignorance-through-a-cycle-of-many-rebirths-seeking/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a4/gautama-buddha-163_active_i-have-passed-in-ignorance-through-a-cyc_2172420.jpg) > [One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/one-may-desire-a-spurious-respect-and-precedence-among-one-s-fellow/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbd/gautama-buddha-163_accepting_one-may-desire-a-spurious-respect-and-pr_3100673.jpg) > [How can a troubled mind Understand the way? If a man is disturbed He will never be filled with knowledge. An untroubled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/how-can-a-troubled-mind-understand-the-way-if-a-man-is-disturbed-he/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75b/gautama-buddha-163_body_how-can-a-troubled-mind-understand-the-w_2298641.jpg) ## Other authors on Seeking ## 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/seeking/gautama-buddha/#itemlist", "name": "9 Seeking Quotes By Gautama Buddha", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One who, while seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other living beings who also desire happinesss, will not find happiness hereafter.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gautama Buddha" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/one-who-while-seeking-happiness-oppresses-with-violence-other-living/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d3/gautama-buddha-163_desire_one-who-while-seeking-happiness-oppresse_3214102.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d3/gautama-buddha-163_desire_one-who-while-seeking-happiness-oppresse_3214102.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d3/gautama-buddha-163_desire_one-who-while-seeking-happiness-oppresse_3214102.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One who, while seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other living beings who also desire happinesss…” — Gautama Buddha", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The fool is his own enemy. 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