One who is wise and disciplined, always kind and intelligent, humble and free from pride. One like this will be praised. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
As a bee gathering nectar does not harm or disturb the color & fragrance of the flower; so do the wise move… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Life is like the harp string, if it is strung too tight it won't play, if it is too loose it hangs,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The wise have mastered body, word, and mind. They are the true masters. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Let the wise one control his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, often elusive, and they rush about frantically: a mind… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
As a mountain is unshaken by the wind, so the heart of a wise person is unmoved by all the changes on… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart. — 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
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
Through vigilance, restraint and control the wise will construct and island that no flood will overcome. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Few cross over the river. Most are stranded on this side. On the riverbank they run up and down. But the wise… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is… — 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
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
Therefore, do not eat meat which will cause terror among people, because it hinders the truth of emancipation; not to eat meat?… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The wind cannot shake a mountain. Neither praise nor blame moves the wise man. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There is no fire like passion No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger, And no joy like… — 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
