 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.
– Gautama Buddha (563 BC-483 BC) |
Category Archives: Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha – In the end these things matter most
| In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?
– Gautama Buddha (563 BC-483 BC) |
Gautama Buddha – Deserve your love and affection
| You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
– Gautama Buddha (563 BC-483 BC) |
Gautama Buddha – Believe nothing, no matter where
| 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.
– Gautama Buddha (563 BC-483 BC) |
Gautama Buddha – Do not think lightly of good
| Let no man think lightly of good, saying in his heart, It will not benefit me. Even by the falling of water drops a water-pot is filled; the wise man becomes full of good, even if he gather it little by little.
– Gautama Buddha (563 BC-483 BC) |
Gautama Buddha – The secret of health for mind and body
| 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.
– Gautama Buddha (563 BC-483 BC) |
Gautama Buddha – An insincere and evil friend
| An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
– Gautama Buddha (563 BC-483 BC) |
Gautama Buddha – We are what we think
| We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.
– Gautama Buddha (563 BC-483 BC) |
Gautama Buddha – Set your heart on doing good
| Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.
– Gautama Buddha (563 BC-483 BC) |
Gautama Buddha – Compassion and self
| If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
– Gautama Buddha (563 BC-483 BC) |
Gautama Buddha – The tongue like a sharp knife
| The tongue like a sharp knife… Kills without drawing blood.
– Gautama Buddha (563 BC-483 BC) |
Gautama Buddha – Resolve to be tender, compassionate, sympathetic
| Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant with the weak and wrong. Sometime in your life, you will have been all of these.
– Gautama Buddha (563 BC-483 BC) |
