If you find someone with wisdom, good judgment, and good actions; make him a companion. — 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
To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There are, O monks, these four lights. What four? The light of the moon, the light of the sun, the light of… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Master your words. Master your thoughts. Never allow your body to do harm. Follow these three roads with purity And you will… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I call wise man who, while he is innocent , endures insults and blows with a patience equal to its strength. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Even if a fool lived with a wise man all his life, he would still not recognise the truth, like a wooden… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good… — 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
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
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
Those who are truly wise will remain unmoved by feelings of happiness and suffering, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, gain and… — 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
“I shall live here in the rains, There in winter, Elsewhere in summer," muses the fool, Not aware of the nearness of… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Rid of craving and without clinging, an expert in the study of texts, and understanding the right sequence of the words, he… — 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
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
Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Observe the life by cause and consequence. Explore the life by wisdom. Treat the life by equality. Complete the life by love. — 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
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
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
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
Before you've seen it, and when you first see it, it is the greatest thing; afterwards, it is ordinary. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share
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
Give thanks for what had been given to you, However little. Be pure, never falter. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share
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
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
Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
If a person does not harm any living being...and does not kill or cause others to kill - that person is a true spiritual… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share
The fool says, "These are my sons, this is my land, this is my money." In reality, the fool does not own himself, much… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share
