Gautama Buddha (c. 563 BCE/480 BCE – c. 483 BCE/400 BCE), also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha , or simply the Buddha, after the title of , was an ascetic and on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the eastern part of ancient India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuriesBCE ( from wikipedia)
QUOTES OF GOUTAM BUDDHA
“Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it” ― Gautama Buddha
“There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” ― Gautama Buddha
“If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.” ― Gautama Buddha
“A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.” ― Gautama Buddha
“You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.” ― Gautama Buddha
“An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.”― Gautama Buddha
“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading” ― Gautama Buddha
“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change. ” ― Gautama Buddha
“Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Purity or impurity depends on oneself, No one can purify another.”― Gautama Buddha
“Nothing is forever except change.” ― Gautama Buddha
“The tongue like a sharp knife… Kills without drawing blood.” ― Gautama Buddha
“As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgments but rain your kindness equally on all. ”― Gautama Buddha
“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.” ― Gautama Buddha
“There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.” ― Gautama Buddha
“As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.”― Gautama Buddha
“With our thoughts we make the world.” ― Gautama Buddha
“The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There’s only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment” ― Gautama Buddha
“Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.”― Gautama Buddha
“True love is born from understanding.” ― Gautama Buddha
“A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.” ― Gautama Buddha
“If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?” ― Gautama Buddha
“Attachment leads to suffering.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.” ― Gautama Buddha
“In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.”― Gautama Buddha
“Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all” ― Gautama Buddha
“You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.” ― Gautama Buddha
“It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.” ― Gautama Buddha
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”― Gautama Buddha
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” ― Gautama Buddha
“A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Purity or impurity depends on oneself, no one can purify another.”― Gautama Buddha
“There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.” ― Gautama Buddha
“True love is born from understanding.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.” ― Gautama Buddha
“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?” ― Gautama Buddha
“There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” ― Gautama Buddha
“You only lose what you cling to.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Three things cannot hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Doubt everything. Find your own light.” ― Gautama Buddha
“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.” ― Gautama Buddha
