If you find someone with wisdom, good judgment, and good actions; make him a companion. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
O how sweet it is to enjoy life, Living in honesty and strength! And wisdom is sweet, And freedom. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
No light is brighter than wisdom. Wisdom is the light in the world. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Let them not do the slightest thing that the wise would later reprove. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
As solid rock remains unmoved by the wind, so the wise remain unmoved by blame and praise. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The wise have mastered body, word, and mind. They are the true masters. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There is no meditation without wisdom, and there is no wisdom without meditation. When a man has both meditation and wisdom, he… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Though through all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he yet understands not the Dharma, as the spoon, the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Wonder of wonders! Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, endowed with wisdom and virtue, but because men's minds have become inverted through… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If the traveller can find A virtuous and wise companion Let him go with him joyfully And overcome the dangers of the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Perfect wisdom, Perfect tranquility,Perfect compassion,arise fromOur love,Our sincerity.Our understanding. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Though one should live a hundred years without wisdom and control, yet better, indeed, is a single day's life of one who… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If one doth act in friendly wise, With no evil thought toward any single creature, And in so doing becometh proper, And… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Monks, one thing, if practiced and made much of, conduces to great thrill, great profit, great security after the toil, to mindfulness… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
By three things the wise person may be known. What three? He sees a shortcoming as it is. When he sees it,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Insignificant, is the loss of relatives, wealth and fame; The loss of wisdom is the greatest loss. Insignificant, is the increase of… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There is one thing that, when cultivated and regularly practiced, leads to deep spiritual intention, to peace, to mindfulness and clear comprehension,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
But if you do not find an intelligent companion, a wise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself, then go… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Let no person think lightly of good, saying in his or her heart, "it will not benefit me." As by the falling… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Be it known that Men of dull faculties and slight wisdom, They who cling proudly to signs, Cannot believe in this Dharma.… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Buddha was speaking in a village square one day, when one of the inhabitants started to abuse him. Buddha paused and said… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Here bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma–discourses, stanzas, expositions, verses, exclamations, sayings, birth stories, marvels, and answers to questions–but having learned… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“The Sage A person of wisdom should be truthful, without arrogance, without deceit, not slanderous and not hateful. The wise person should… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The Buddhas, the World-Honored Ones, for one great cause alone appear in the world. The Buddhas, the World-Honored Ones, appear in the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
A fool learns nothing from a wise man; but a wise man learns from a fool. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The fool who thinks he is wise is just a fool. The fool who knows he is a fool is wise indeed. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Realizing the doctrine of dependent-arising, the wise do not at all partake of extreme views — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Dignity and quiet joy in all that we do are the expression of perfect concentration and perfect wisdom. — 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
