Buddha Quotes on Love, Life, Happiness, Death

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.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

Rage is a powerful energy that with diligent practice can be transformed into fierce compassion. However much we disagree with our enemies, our task is to identify with them. They too feel justified in their point of view.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change.

Most problems, if you give them enough time and space, will eventually wear themselves out.

Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred, but gives it room to grow. But, ancient wisdom has advocated a different timeless strategy to overcome hatred. This eternal wisdom is to meet hatred with non-hatred. The method of trying to conquer hatred through hatred never succeeds in overcoming hatred. But, the method of overcoming hatred through non-hatred is eternally effective. That is why that method is described as eternal wisdom.

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

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

You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.

A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.

life is a river always flowing. do not hold onto things. work hard.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair.

Greed is an imperfection that defiles the mind; hate is an imperfection that defiles the mind; delusion is an imperfection that defiles the mind.

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

All that we are the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.

Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the room will be filled with light.

Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.