51 Gautama Buddha Quotes (Author of The Dhammapada)

Gautama Buddha:

      (Born- Lumbini,Nepal)   (Died- Kushinagar )

• Anything that makes you weak Physically, Mentally and spiritually reject it as Poison.

• Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.   

• Be a lamp to yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold on to the truth within yourself as to the only truth.

• Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man gathering it little by little fills him with good.

• Turn your wounds into wisdom.

• Miracles start to happen when you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears.

• Lovely thing to learn from water: Adjust yourself in every situation and in any shape, but most importantly. Find your own way to flow.

• When you move your focus from competition to contribution life becomes a celebration. Never try to defeat people, just win their hearts.

• There’s no enemy outside our soul. The real enemies live inside us: ANGER, EGO, GREED and HATE.

• Buddha was asked, “What have you gained from meditation?”
  He replied “Nothing! However, let me tell you what I have lost. ANGER ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, INSECURITY, FEAR OF OLD AGE & DEATH.”

• Neither fire nor wind, neither birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

• If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.

• Breathe-in peace, breathe-out love.

• Before giving, the mind of the giver is "Happy"; while giving, the mind of the giver is made "Peaceful"; and having given, the mind of the giver is "Uplifted". 

• Wish it, Dream it, Do it.

• Speak only when you feel that your words are better than silence.
  

• It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.

• Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life. 

• You can only lose what you cling to.  

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

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

• Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.

• If you light a lamp for someone else it will also brighten your path.

• You become what you think about.    

• You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

• To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.  

• Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.  

• Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.  

• We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

• You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

• You have must learning to be skillful in handicraft, well-trained in discipline & to be of good speech - this is the greatest blessing.

        Some more quotes by Gautama Buddha: 

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

 

• With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome and obstinate, let a man walk alone.     

• Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

• There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people.It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.

• Every human being is the author of his own health and disease.

• All we are is the result of what we have thought.

• There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly and there is no torrent like greed.

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

• A noble person is mindful and thankful for the favors he receives from others.

• If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.

• Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

• If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.

 

• You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

• To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.     

• Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

• We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

• All that we are is the result of what we have thought.  

   

• Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.

• To have much learning, to be skillful in handicraft, well-trained in discipline and to be of good speech - this is the greatest blessing.

• You become what you think about.