--- title: "8 Wise words Quotes By Gautama Buddha" description: "8 Wise words quotes by Gautama Buddha. Plus more from Gautama Buddha and more Wise words sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/gautama-buddha-163_attachment_the-root-of-suffering-is-attachment-1972_197290.jpg" --- > [The root of suffering is attachment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/the-root-of-suffering-is-attachment/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/gautama-buddha-163_attachment_the-root-of-suffering-is-attachment-1972_197290.jpg) > [Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are wise words when spoken, but fruitless these words are when not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/like-a-beautiful-flower-full-of-colour-but-without-scent-are-wise/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/gautama-buddha-163_beautiful_like-a-beautiful-flower-full-of-colour-b_220490.jpg) > [Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/easy-to-do-are-things-that-are-bad-and-harmful-to-oneself-but/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/gautama-buddha-163_being-a-good-person_easy-to-do-are-things-that-are-bad-and-h_290147.jpg) > [What you think you become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/what-you-think-you-become/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20c/gautama-buddha-163_attraction_what-you-think-you-become-613308_613308.jpg) > [The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/the-mentor-can-be-identified-by-four-things-by-restraining-you-from/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/gautama-buddha-163_action_the-mentor-can-be-identified-by-four-thi_1347053.jpg) > [To understand everything is to forgive everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/to-understand-everything-is-to-forgive-everything/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/878/gautama-buddha-163_buddhism_to-understand-everything-is-to-forgive-e_2414478.jpg) > [Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/joy-comes-not-through-possession-or-ownership-but-through-a-wise-and/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/gautama-buddha-163_authentic-happiness_joy-comes-not-through-possession-or-owne_2439420.jpg) > [Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/do-not-give-your-attention-to-what-others-do-or-fail-to-do-give-it-to/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/gautama-buddha-163_attention_do-not-give-your-attention-to-what-other_2866198.jpg) ## Other authors on Wise words - [Lailah Gifty Akita 333 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wise-words/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 31 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wise-words/abhijit-naskar/) - [Jaeda DeWalt 27 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wise-words/jaeda-dewalt/) - [Bangambiki Habyarimana 22 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wise-words/bangambiki-habyarimana/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dalai-lama-26000.jpg) Dalai Lama 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wise-words/dalai-lama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-breault-79554.jpg) Robert Breault 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wise-words/robert-breault/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wise-words/paulo-coelho/) - [Munia Khan 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wise-words/munia-khan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-germany-kent-38328.jpg) Germany Kent 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wise-words/germany-kent/) - [Nikki rowe 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wise-words/nikki-rowe/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jim-rohn-49870.jpg) Jim Rohn 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wise-words/jim-rohn/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-geddes-51456.jpg) John Geddes 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wise-words/john-geddes/) ## 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/wise-words/gautama-buddha/#itemlist", "name": "8 Wise words Quotes By Gautama Buddha", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The root of suffering is attachment", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gautama Buddha" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/the-root-of-suffering-is-attachment/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/gautama-buddha-163_attachment_the-root-of-suffering-is-attachment-1972_197290.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/gautama-buddha-163_attachment_the-root-of-suffering-is-attachment-1972_197290.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/gautama-buddha-163_attachment_the-root-of-suffering-is-attachment-1972_197290.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The root of suffering is attachment” — Gautama Buddha", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are wise words when spoken, but fruitless these words are when not carried out by the speaker.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gautama Buddha" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/like-a-beautiful-flower-full-of-colour-but-without-scent-are-wise/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/gautama-buddha-163_beautiful_like-a-beautiful-flower-full-of-colour-b_220490.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/gautama-buddha-163_beautiful_like-a-beautiful-flower-full-of-colour-b_220490.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/gautama-buddha-163_beautiful_like-a-beautiful-flower-full-of-colour-b_220490.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are wise words when spoken, but fruitless these…” — Gautama Buddha", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. 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