You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way. Gautama Buddha More Quotes by Gautama Buddha More Quotes From Gautama Buddha Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance. Gautama Buddha serenityacceptanceexpectations Fools wait for a lucky day, but everyday is a lucky day for an industrious man. Gautama Buddha lucky-daybuddhistmen If you cannot find a good companion to walk with, walk alone, like an elephant roaming the jungle. It is better to be alone than to be with those who will hinder your progress. Gautama Buddha buddhistprogresselephants When wishes are few, the heart is happy. When craving ends, there is peace. Gautama Buddha buddhistwishheart Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. Gautama Buddha motivationalinspirationalrelationship Love yourself and be awake- Today, tomorrow, always. First establish yourself in the way, Then teach others, And so defeat sorrow. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing- Straighten yourself. You are your only master. Who else? Subdue yourself, And discover your master. Gautama Buddha buddhistself-worthlove-you Mind is everything. What we think, we become. Gautama Buddha meditation-and-yogameditation-practicethinking You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love & affection. Gautama Buddha loving-yourselfsimplelove-you In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create disticntions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true. Gautama Buddha buddhismskybelieve How easy it is to see your brother's faults, How hard it is to face your own. You winnow his in the wind like chaff, But yours you hide, Like a cheat covering up an unlucky throw. Dwelling on your brother's faults Multiplies your own. You are far from the end of your journey. The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. See how you love. Gautama Buddha brotherjourneyheart Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion. Gautama Buddha buddhistinspiringhappiness If you want to know the past, look at your present. If you want to know the future, look at your present. Gautama Buddha wantlookspast Everything that happens to us is the result of what we ourselves have thought, said, or done.We alone are responsible for our lives. Gautama Buddha responsibledoneresponsibility Suffering is wishing things were other than they are. Gautama Buddha sufferingwish You are far from the end of your journey. The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. See how you love. Gautama Buddha buddhistjourneyheart Consider Others as Yourself. Gautama Buddha buddhist 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 No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. Gautama Buddha buddhismmeditationsecret True and lasting inner peace can never be found in external things. It can only be found within in. And then, once we find and nurture it with ourselves, it radiates outward. Gautama Buddha nurturefoundpeace The less you have, the less you have to worry about. Gautama Buddha worrymotivationalinspirational Develop a mind that is vast like space, where experiences both pleasant and unpleasant can appear and disappear without conflict, struggle or harm. Rest in a mind like vast sky. Gautama Buddha spacestrugglesky
