Gautama Buddha

“Monks, even if bandits were to savagely sever you, limb by limb, with a double-handled saw, even then, whoever of you harbors ill will at heart would not be upholding my Teaching. Monks, even in such a situation you should train yourselves thus: 'Neither shall our minds be affected by this, nor for this matter shall we give vent to evil words, but we shall remain full of concern and pity, with a mind of love, and we shall not give in to hatred. On the contrary, we shall live projecting thoughts of universal love to those very persons, making them as well as the whole world the object of our thoughts of universal love — thoughts that have grown great, exalted and measureless. We shall dwell radiating these thoughts which are void of hostility and ill will.' It is in this way, monks, that you should train yourselves.”

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

“Como la estrella fugaz, el espejismo, la llama,la ilusión mágica, la gota de rocío, la burbuja en el agua, como el sueño, el relámpago o la nube:considera así todas las cosas.”

“A man asked Gautama Buddha, "I want happiness."Buddha said, "First remove "I," that's Ego, then remove "want," that's Desire.See now you are left with only "Happiness.”

“Η ύπαρξη είναι πόνος και για να τον αντιμετωπίσεις πρέπει να τον κάνεις χαρά.”

“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.”

“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”

“Nė viena pasaka nepatikėkit,Nors šimtmečius ilgusDaugybė kraštų jas laikė tikrove.Netikėkit ir tuo, kąKiti žmonės be perstojo kalba,Nors išminčiaus žodžius jie kartotųAr pasiremtų raštais šventais.Netikėkite niekuo,Sapnuose ką regėjot, ką vaizduotė sukūrė,Nors manot, kad siunčia tuos vaizdiniusDievas.Nepriimkite žodžių už tiesą,Nors kažkas juos pridengtų šventuolio arMeistro vardu.Patikėkit tik tuo, ko karti patirtisIlgai Jus pačius per išbandymus mokė,Kas nekliudo gerovės nei Jums, nei kitiems.”

“There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.”

“Bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya:For the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world.”

“When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.”

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

“All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependent-arisings. All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependently imputed.”

“If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.”

“A jug fills drop by drop.”

“The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demands for its sustenance and extends generously the products of its life activity; it affords protection to all beings, offering shade even to the axe-man who destroys it.”

“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.”

“Doubt everything. Find your own light.”

“Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.”

“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”

“There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.”

“To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in the past is to carry the raft on your back after you have crossed the river.”

“Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.”

“Though one should live a hundred years without wisdom and control, yet better, indeed, is a single day’s life of one who is wise and meditative.”

“Nothing is forever except change.”

“If a traveller does not meet with one who is his better, or his equal, let him firmly keep to his solitary journey; there is no companionship with a fool.”

“Now, Kalamas, don’t go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, ‘This contemplative is our teacher.’ When you know for yourselves that, ‘These qualities are skillful; these qualities are blameless; these qualities are praised by the wise; these qualities, when adopted & carried out, lead to welfare & to happiness’ — then you should enter & remain in them.[Kalama Sutta, AN 3.65]”

“Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.”

“Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind.”

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon.... If a man speak or act with a good thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.”