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...

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

Here bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma–discourses, stanzas, expositions, verses, exclamations, sayings, birth stories, marvels, and answers to questions–but having learned the Dhamma, they do not examine the meaning of those teachings with wisdom....

The Gift of Truth excels all other Gifts.

How blissful it is, for one who has nothing. Attainers-of-wisdom are people with nothing. See him suffering, one who has something, a person bound in mind with people.

Doubt everything. Find your own light.

True love is born from understanding.

These… things, householder, are welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world:Long life is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world.Beauty is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in...

It is like a lighted torch whose flame can be distributed to ever so many other torches which people may bring along; and therewith they will cook food and dispel darkness, while the original torch...

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if...

Live in joy, in love,even among those who hate.Live in joy, in health,even among the afflicted.Live in joy, in peace,even among the troubled.Look within, be still.Free from fear and attachment,know the sweet joy of the...

Like a caring motherholding and guarding the lifeof her only child,so with a boundless heartof lovingkindness,hold yourself and all beingsas your beloved children.

To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.

Our life is shaped by our mind, for we become what we think.

Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.

To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana.

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

Greater in battlethan the man who would conquera thousand-thousand men,is he who would conquerjust one —himself.Better to conquer yourselfthan others.When you’ve trained yourself,living in constant self-control,neither a deva nor gandhabba,nor a Mara banded with Brahmas,could...

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.

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

Suppose a man threw into the sea a yoke with one hole in it, and the east wind carried it to the west, and the west wind carried it to the east, and the north...

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.

Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.

Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone.

Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.

With our thoughts we make the world.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it

I shall live here in the rains,There in winter,Elsewhere in summer,” muses the fool,Not aware of the nearness of death.

Subhuti, someone might fill innumerable worlds with the seven treasures and give all away in gifts of alms, but if any good man or any good woman awakens the thought of Enlightenment and takes even...

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

Vsetko co sme, je dosledkom je dosledkom toho, co sme si mysleli

May all that have life be delivered from suffering

Just to say ‘I believe’ or ‘I do not doubt’ does not mean that you understand and see. To force oneself to see and accept a thing without understanding is political and not spiritual or...

Purity or impurity depends on oneself,No one can purify another.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

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

Jīvaka, I say that there are three instances in which meat should not be eaten: when it is seen, heard, or suspected [that the living being has been slaughtered for oneself]. I say that meat...

Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and...

What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are...

Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel.Do not overlook negative actions merely because they are small; however...

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

You are as the yellow leaf.The messengers of death are at hand.You are to travel far away.What will you take with you?You are the lampTo lighten the way.Then hurry, hurry.When your light shinesWithout impurity or...

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

a dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. a man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.

So too, friend, purification of virtue is for the sake of reaching purification of mind; purification of mind is for the sake of reaching purification of view; purification of view is for the sake of...

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

Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.