Timeless Quotes from the Buddha
“Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.” – Buddha
“With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish,
vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone.” – Buddha
“A jug fills drop by drop.” – Buddha
“Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be
influenced by them for good or ill.” – Buddha
“Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy.
No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy.
Your happiness will not come to you. It can only come from you.” – Buddha
“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will
not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha
“In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their
own minds and then believe them to be true.” – Buddha
“What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.” – Buddha
“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” – Buddha
“However, many holy words you read. However, many you speak. What good will they do you
If you do not act on upon them?” – Buddha
“Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.” – Buddha
“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.” – Buddha
"Raise your actions not your voice. It's rain that grows the flowers, not thunder."
"Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die." – Buddha