Quotes by The Buddha

"The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world."

"'All conditioned things are impermanent' — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering."

"As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed."

"Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things."

"There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires."

"Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing."

"What is past is left behind. The future is yet unreached. Whatever quality is present, clearly see it right there."

"One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble."

"Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts!"

"All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill."

"'As I am, so are they; as they are, so am I.' Comparing others with oneself, do not kill nor cause others to kill."

"Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is a pleasant thing."

"The thing that is disliked by me is also disliked by others. Since I dislike this thing, how can I inflict it on someone else?"

"As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse."

"If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows them like a never-departing shadow."