Wisdom

If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way. – Buddha

168. A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker. – Buddha  

169. Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind. _Buddha  

170. People with opinions just go around bothering one another. 

171. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else. – Buddha wisdom 

172. If you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do is keep on walking. – Buddha 

173. As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgements but rain your kindness equally on all. - Budda 

174. With our thoughts we make the world. – Buddha 

175. If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us? 

176. No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. – Buddha 

177. Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds. – Buddha 

178. Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to everyone else. 

179. If you wish to be gentle with others, be gentle first with yourself. – Buddha 

180. Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most. – Buddha  

181. 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. Buddha  

182. He who walks in a noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana 

183. When it is impossible for anger to arise within you, you find no outside enemies anywhere 

184. 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 - Buddha 

185. The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood. Buddha 

186. What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil; illusion is the root of evil. - Buddha 

187. Wear your ego like a loose-fitting garment. - Buddha 

188. There are no chains like hate...dwelling on your brother's faults multiplies your own. You are far from the end of your journey – Buddha 

189. Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence – Buddha 

190. How wonderful! How wonderful! All things are perfect, exactly as they are. – Buddha 

191. From a withered tree, a flower blooms. – Buddha 

192. Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the room will be filled with light – Buddha 

193. Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do. – Buddha 

194. As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world. – Buddha 

195. Your worst enemy cannot hurt you as much as your own thoughts, when you haven’t mastered them. ― Buddha 

196. The less you have, the less you have to worry about. ― Buddha 

197. We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all. ― Buddha 

198. You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself. ― Buddha 

199. It’s your road…and yours alone… Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you. No matter what path you choose, really walk it ― Buddha 

200. You don't gather the beauty of a flower by plucking her petals. – Buddha 

201. Be your own lamp. ― Buddha 

202. You must make the effort yourself. The Masters only point the way. ― Buddha 

203. Patience is the highest asceticism. ― Buddha 

204. Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. ― Buddha 

205. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten. ― Buddha 

206. I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done. ― Buddha 

207. To abstain from lying is essentially wholesome. ― Buddha 

208. Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. ― Buddha 

209. What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create. ― Buddha 

210. Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom. _ Buddha 

211. For soon the body is discarded, then what does it feel? A useless log of wood, it lies on the ground, then what does it know? – Buddha  

212. No one can help you as much, not even your father or your mother. – Buddha 

213. One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases – and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the path. – Buddha 

214. There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. – Buddha 

215. To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others. – Buddha 

216. The root of suffering is attachment. – Buddha 

217. Purity or impurity depends on oneself. No one can purify another. – Buddha 

218. However, many holy words you read, However, many you speak, what good will they do you If you do not act on upon them? – Buddha 

219. In separateness lies the world’s greatest misery; in compassion lies the world’s true strength. – Buddha 

220. Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. – Buddha 

221. You will not be punished for your anger you will be punished by your anger. – Buddha 

222. If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good. – Buddha Wisdom 

223. Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame. – Buddha 

224. Nothing is permanent. – Buddha wisdom 

225. Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except yourself. – Buddha 

226. What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now. – Buddha 

227. When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself. – Buddha 

228. Give, even if you only have a little. – Buddha 

229. The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest. – Buddha 

230. Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves. – Buddha 

231. Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good. – Buddha 

232. Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken words. – Buddha 

233. Meditate… do not delay, lest you later regret it. – Buddha 

234. Ceasing to do evil, cultivating the good, purifying the heart: this is the teaching of the Buddhas. – Buddha 

235. Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes. – Buddha 

236. If you propose to speak, always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind. – Buddha 

237. Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation. – Buddha 

238. The one in whom no longer exist the craving and thirst that perpetuate becoming; how could you track that Awakened one, trackless, and of limitless range. – Buddha 

239. Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes. – Buddha 

240. Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is Awakened. – Buddha 

241. Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them. – Buddha 

242. Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world. – Buddha 

243. Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence. – Buddha 

244. Born out of concern for all beings. – Buddha 

245. I am the miracle. – Buddha 

246. As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgments but rain your kindness equally on all. – Buddha 

247. As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise, you will miss most of your life. – Buddha 

248. The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground. – Buddha 

249. If we destroy something around us we destroy ourselves. If we cheat another, we cheat ourselves. – Buddha 

250. Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it. – Buddha 

251. Doubt everything. Find your own light. – Buddha 

252. Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again. – Buddha 

253. When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky. – Buddha 

254. Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine. – Buddha 

255. My doctrine is not a doctrine but just a vision. I have not given you any set rules, I have not given you a system. – Buddha 

256. What you think you create, what you feel you attract, what you imagine you become. – Buddha 

257. Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. – Buddha 

258. Life is so very hard. How can we be anything but kind? – Buddha 

259. Should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let them resolutely pursue a solitary course. – Buddha 

260. Live every act fully, as if it were your last. – Buddha 

261. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else. – Buddha 

262. To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple livelihood; this is the good luck. – Buddha 

263. She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair. – Buddha 

264. To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. – Buddha 

265. Let all-embracing thoughts for all beings be yours. – Buddha 

266. Kindness should become the natural way of life, not the exception. – Buddha 

267. Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is a pleasant thing. – Buddha 

268. One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble. – Buddha 

269. Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well spoken words: this is good luck. – Buddha 

270. In whom there is no sympathy for living beings: know him as an outcast. – Buddha 

271. Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, 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. – Buddha 

272. He is able who thinks he is able. – Buddha 

273. Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts! – Buddha 

274. Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. You are a seeker. Delight in the mastery of your hands and your feet, of your words and your thoughts.  
Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet. – Buddha 

275. See them, floundering in their sense of mine, like fish in the puddles of a dried-up stream — and, seeing this, live with no mine, not forming attachment for states of becoming. – Buddha 

276. As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I. Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill. – Buddha 

277. The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men. – Buddha 

278. I will not look at another’s bowl intent on finding fault. – Buddha 

279. The enlightened one, intent on [meditation] jhana, should find delight in the forest, should practice [meditation] jhana at the foot of a tree, attaining his own satisfaction. – Buddha  

280. It is in the nature of things that joy arises in a person free from remorse. – Buddha 

281. Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy. – Buddha 

282. Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good. – Buddha 

283. We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them. – Buddha 

284. Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom. – Buddha 

285. Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom. – Buddha 

286. Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness. – Buddha 

287. He who sits alone, sleeps alone, and walks alone, who is strenuous and subdues himself alone, will find delight in the solitude of the forest. – Buddha 

288. Do not turn away what is given you, nor reach out for what is given to others, lest you disturb your quietness. – Buddha 

289. The fool who knows he is a fool is that much wiser. – Buddha 

290. Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing. – Buddha 

291. Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two. – Buddha 

292. What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What’s the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood? – Buddha 

293. Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one’s own acts, done and undone. – Buddha 

294. Offend in neither word nor deed. Eat with moderation. Live in your heart. Seek the highest consciousness. Master yourself according to the law. This is the simple teaching of the awakened. – Buddha 

295. Life is like the harp string, if it is strung too tight it won’t play, if it is too loose it hangs, the tension that produces the beautiful sound lies in the middle. – Buddha 

296. Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. – Buddha 

297. The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve. – Buddha 

298. The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast. – Buddha 

299. Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that ‘I must lead all the beings to nirvana, into that realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind’. What is this realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind? – Buddha 

300. Nothing is forever except change. – Buddha 

301. Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering. – Buddha 

302. He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake’s venom that so quickly spreads, — such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin. – Buddha 

303. May all that have life be delivered from suffering. – Buddha 

304. It is easy to see the faults of others, but difficult to see one’s own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one’s own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice. – Buddha 

305. Those attached to the notion ‘I am’ and to views roam the world offending people. – Buddha 

306. Men, driven on by thirst, run about like a snared hare; let therefore mendicant drive out thirst, by striving after passion lessness for himself. – Buddha 

307. When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear. – Buddha 

308. Some do not understand that we must die, but those who do realize this settle their quarrels. – Buddha 

309. All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill. – Buddha 

310. Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. – Buddha Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten. – Buddha 

311. I do not dispute with the world; rather it is the world that disputes with me. – Buddha 

312. They blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is not blamed. – Buddha 

313. Whoever doesn’t flare up at someone who’s angry wins a battle hard to win. – Buddha 

314. Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. – Buddha 

315. Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure. – Buddha 

316. As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse. – Buddha 

317. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up. – Buddha 

318. Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things. – Buddha 

319. If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. – Buddha 

320. Without health life is not life; it is only a state of languor and suffering – an image of death. – Buddha 

321. The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, not to anticipate the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. – Buddha 

322. The calmed say that what is well-spoken is best; second, that one should say what is right, not unrighteous; third, what’s pleasing, not displeasing; fourth, what is true, not false. – Buddha 

323. The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. – Buddha 

324. Meditate … do not delay, lest you later regret it. – Buddha 

325. All conditioned things are impermanent’ — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering. – Buddha 

326. As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed. – Buddha 

327. Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal. – Buddha 

328. I will not look at another’s bowl intent on finding fault: a training to be observed. – Buddha 

329. If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current — how can he help others across? – Buddha 

330. If they are neither traceable in the Discourses nor verifiable by the Discipline, one must conclude thus: ‘Certainly, this is not the Blessed One’s utterance 

331. Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet. – Buddha 

332. Over there are the roots of trees; over there, empty dwellings. Practice jhana, monks. Don’t be reckless. – Buddha 

333. Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another. – Buddha 

334. The one in whom no longer exists the craving and thirst that perpetuate becoming; how could you track that Awakened one, trackless, and of limitless range? – Buddha 

335. The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world. – Buddha 

336. There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires. – Buddha 

337. Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people. – Buddha 

338. To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing. – Buddha 

339. We will develop and cultivate the liberation of mind by loving-kindness, make it our vehicle, make it our basis, stabilize it, exercise ourselves in it, and fully perfect it. – Buddha 

340. Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is Awakened. – Buddha 

341. You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way. – Buddha 

342. Understanding is the heartwood of well spoken-words. – Buddha 

343. See them, floundering in their sense of mine, like fish in the puddles of a dried-up stream — and, seeing this, live with no mine, not forming attachment to experiences. – Buddha 

344. Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people. – Buddha 

345. Live with no sense of ‘mine,’ not forming attachment to experiences. – Buddha 

346. As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I. Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill. – Buddha 

347. Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame. – Buddha 

348. If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way. – Buddha 

349. Let him not deceive another nor despise anyone anywhere. In anger or ill will let him not wish another ill. – Buddha 

350. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draw it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves. – Buddha 

351. If you meditate earnestly, pure in mind and kind in deeds, leading a disciplined life in harmony with the dharma, you will grow in glory. If you meditate earnestly, through spiritual disciplines you can make an island for yourself that no flood can overwhelm. – Buddha 

352. Your own self is your master; who else could be? With yourself well controlled, you gain a master very hard to find. – Buddha 

353. Train your eyes and ears; train your nose and tongue. The senses are good friends when they are trained. Train your body in deeds, train your tongue in words, train your mind in thoughts. This training will take you beyond sorrow. – Buddha 

354. What we think, we become. – Buddha 

355. Health is the best gift, contentment the best wealth, trust the best kinsman, nirvana the greatest joy. Drink the nectar of the dharma in the depths of meditation, and become free from fear and sin. – Buddha 

356. One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world. – Buddha 

357. Faith and prayer both are invisible, but they make impossible things possible. – Buddha 

358. Leave behind confused reactions and become patient as the earth; unmoved by anger, unshaken as a pillar, unperturbed as a clear and quiet pool. – Buddha 

359. Like someone pointing to treasure is the wise person who sees your faults and points them out. Associate with such a sage. – Buddha 

360. Do not run after pleasure and neglect the practice of meditation. If you forget the goal of life and get caught in the pleasures of the world, you will come to envy those who put meditation first. 

361. One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand men on the battlefield. Be victorious over yourself and not over others. – Buddha 

362. Good people keep on walking whatever happens. They do not speak vain words and are the same in good fortune and bad. If one desires neither children nor wealth nor power nor success by unfair means, know such a one to be good, wise, and virtuous. – Buddha 

363. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draw it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves. – Buddha