My teaching is not a philosophy. It is the result of direct experience... Gautama Buddha More Quotes by Gautama Buddha More Quotes From Gautama Buddha You are your own master, you make your own future. Therefore discipline yourself as a horse-dealer trains a thoroughbred Gautama Buddha horsedisciplineinspiration Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy. Gautama Buddha helping-othersheartjoy The right time to show your good character is when you are pestered by someone weaker than you. Gautama Buddha buddhiststrengthcharacter You can search the world over and you will find no one who is more deserving of your kindness and well wishing than you yourself. Gautama Buddha wishkindnessworld Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do. Gautama Buddha buddhistwisdominspirational 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 hurtfulhelpfulmindfulness A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him. Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted! Gautama Buddha sweetmentwo Heaven and Hell are imaginary creation of ignorant minds. Gautama Buddha ignorantmindheaven All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else. Gautama Buddha buddhistpositivitypositive Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride. Gautama Buddha buddhistbuddhismpride The one who wanders independent in the world, free from opinions and viewpoints, does not grasp them and enter into disputations and arguments. As the lotus rises on its stalk unsoiled by the mud and the water, so the wise one speaks of peace and is unstained by the opinions of the world. Gautama Buddha independentwisewater The person who masters himself through self-control and discipline is truly undefeatable. Gautama Buddha buddhistdisciplineself Surely if living creatures saw the results of all their evil deeds, they would turn away from them in disgust. But selfhood blinds them, and they cling to their obnoxious desires. They crave pleasure for themselves and they cause pain to others; when death destroys their individuality, they find no peace; their thirst for existence abides and their selfhood reappears in new births. Thus they continue to move in the coil and can find no escape from the hell of their own making. Gautama Buddha karmapainmoving As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life. Gautama Buddha inspirationallifetravel If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature. Gautama Buddha support-youbuddhistspiritual 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 draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves. Gautama Buddha attitudelifethinking Silence is an empty space, space is the home of the awakened mind. Gautama Buddha spacesilencehome Want what you have and you will always get what you want. Gautama Buddha what-you-wantwant The kingdom of heaven is closer than the brow above the eye but mankind does not see it. Gautama Buddha eyedoeheaven To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. Gautama Buddha buddhisthappypeace
