If you know something hurtful and not true, don't say it. If you know something hurtful and true, don't say it. If you know something helpful but not true, don't say it. If you know something helpful and true, find the right time to say it. Gautama Buddha More Quotes by Gautama Buddha More Quotes From Gautama Buddha Love yourself and watch - Today, tomorrow, always. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing - Straighten yourself. Gautama Buddha responsibility love-you watches A person writing at night may put out the lamp, but the words he has written will remain. It is the same with the destiny we create for ourselves in this world. Gautama Buddha destiny writing night Through countless births in the cycle of existence Gautama Buddha buddhist broken running Let the wise one control his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, often elusive, and they rush about frantically: a mind well controlled achieves peace and happiness. Gautama Buddha buddhist wise mind The secret of health for both mind and body is...live the present moment wisely and earnestly. Gautama Buddha health healing being-happy In four ways ... should one who flatters be understood as a foe in the guise of a friend: He approves of his friend's evil deeds, he disapproves his friend's good deeds, he praises him in his presence, he speaks ill of him in his absence. Gautama Buddha buddhist four evil Wherever there is light, there is shadow; wherever there is length, there is shortness; wherever there is white, there is black. Just like these, as the self-nature of things can not exist alone, they are called non-substantial. Gautama Buddha light self white Do not carry with you your mistakes. Do not carry your cares. Travel on alone. Like an elephant in the forest. Gautama Buddha elephants care mistake Insignificant, is the loss of relatives, wealth and fame; The loss of wisdom is the greatest loss. Insignificant, is the increase of relatives, wealth and fame; The increase of wisdom is the highest gain. Therefore, you should train yourselves thus: "We will grow in the increase of wisdom" Thus you should train yourselves. Gautama Buddha gains wisdom loss The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world. Gautama Buddha buddhist wise grieving Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination. Gautama Buddha strong determination mind From the passions arise worry, and from worry arises fear. Away with the passions, and no fear, no worry. Gautama Buddha passion meditation worry Wherever you live is your temple, if you treat it like one. Gautama Buddha treats temples ifs "All conditioned things are impermanent" - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering. Gautama Buddha words-of-wisdom buddhist suffering All beings tremble before violence. All love life. All fear death. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do? Gautama Buddha love-life buddhist hurt Monks, we who look at the whole and not just the part, know that we too are systems of interdependence, of feelings, perceptions, thoughts, and consciousness all interconnected. Investigating in this way, we come to realize that there is no me or mine in any one part, just as a sound does not belong to any one part of the lute. Gautama Buddha perception sound feelings Inflamed by greed, incensed by hate, confused by delusion, overcome by them, obsessed by mind, a man chooses for his own affliction, for others' affliction, for the affliction of both and experiences pain and grief. Gautama Buddha confused pain hate You create what you defend against. Gautama Buddha buddhist Let a man neither give himself over to pleasures ... nor yet let him give himself over to self-mortification ... To the exclusion of both these extremes, the Truth-Finder has discovered a middle course. Gautama Buddha self giving men The Four Reliances. First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words; Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher; Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation; And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure Wisdom Mind, not on judgmental perceptions. Gautama Buddha buddhist real teacher
