If you have done good, set your mind upon it so that it may be repeated over and over again. Allow yourself to be pleased by good. Accumulating good is joyful. Gautama Buddha More Quotes by Gautama Buddha More Quotes From Gautama Buddha How can one ever know anything if they are too busy thinking? Gautama Buddha awareness busy thinking We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Gautama Buddha selfless-giving buddhist buddhism You only lose that which you cling to. Gautama Buddha loses Rely on the teaching, not on the person; Gautama Buddha teaching mind ordinary Teach you? I cannot teach you. Go; experience for yourself Gautama Buddha teach Craving brings pain; craving brings fear. If you do not yield to craving, you will be free from pain and fear Gautama Buddha craving yield pain There is nothing like lust. Lust may be said to be the most powerful passion. Fortunately, we have but one thing which is more powerful. If the thirst for truth were weaker than passion, how many of us in the world would be able to follow the way of righteous? Gautama Buddha passion powerful meditation The glorious chariots of kings wear out, and the body wears out and grows old; but the virtue of the good never grows old. Gautama Buddha virtue body kings By whomsoever no evil is done in deed, or word, or thought, him I call a Brahmin (holy man) who is guarded in these three. Gautama Buddha buddhist evil men One is not a great one because one defeats or harms other living beings. One is so called because one refrains from defeating or harming other living beings. Gautama Buddha refrain buddhist defeat He who, calm and clear as the moon, hankers no more for continuity-he is holy. Gautama Buddha calm holy moon Whoever has done harmful actions but later covers them up with good is like the moon which, freed from clouds, lights up the world. Gautama Buddha buddhist moon clouds Believe not because some old manuscripts are produced, believe not because it is your national belief, believe not because you have been made to believe from you childhood, but reason truth out, and after you have analyzed it, then if you find it will do good to one and all, believe it, live up to it and help others live up to it. Gautama Buddha childhood helping-others believe Until he has unconditional and unbiased love for all beings, man will not find peace. Gautama Buddha buddhist love men Through effort you will cross any raging flood, through energy you will pass any sorrow. Gautama Buddha buddhist effort sorrow To awaken, sit calmly, letting each breath clear your mind and open your heart. Gautama Buddha spiritual mind heart All the holy words you read and all the holy words you speak are as nothing if you do not act upon them. Even if you read little and say little but live the right way, forsaking craving, hatred and delusion, you will know the truth and find calmness and will show others the path. Gautama Buddha words-you-speak hatred littles Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes. Gautama Buddha discipline meditation success The holy man is beyond time, he does not depend on any view nor subscribe to any sect; all current theories he understands, but he remains unattached to any of them. Gautama Buddha suffering views men The cause of all pain and suffering is ignorance. Gautama Buddha buddhist pain inspiration