Buddha

Spiritual Teacher Nepali -563 – -483

Founded Buddhism; taught enlightenment through meditation and wisdom.

380 quotes

"Happiness comes when your work feels like a calling, not a chore."
Happiness
"Your body is precious. It is your temple. Keep it pure."
Health
"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."
Courage
"Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your own soul."
Solitude
"Understanding is the path to all things."
Knowledge
"Silence is sometimes the best answer."
Peace
"Love is patient and kind. Love bears all things and endures all things."
Love
"To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance."
Kindness
"The path to enlightenment is not a path at all, for the path exists only in your mind."
Philosophy
"When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you."
"You are your own master. Others can only guide you."
Leadership
"Loneliness is a state of feeling disconnected from what matters most."
Relationships
"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."
Hope
"A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things that renew humanity."
Kindness
"Patience is the ornament of the brave."
Courage
"The root of suffering is attachment."
Life
"Noble friendship tends to become rare, for most people prefer convenience to character."
Friendship
"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."
Truth
"The forest is not afraid of the storm, for its roots are deep."
Strength
"When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited."
Beauty
"What has been will be again; what has been done will be done again. There is nothing new under the sun."
History
"He who hoards up treasures that rust and decay is a fool."
Money
"Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind."
Peace
"Beware of the person who speaks sweetly to you in your face but speaks badly of you behind your back."
Truth
"Whoever sees conditioned things as impermanent gains disenchantment with them. This is the path to purity."
Wisdom
"The glory of the world passes away."
Death
"In a controversy, the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth."
Truth
"Seek not the company of those whose nature does not resonate with your own."
Friendship
"Adventure is worthwhile."
Adventure
"The mind is the source of all phenomena. Therefore, guard it well."
Wisdom