100 Inspiring Gautam Buddha Quotes That Guide Us Through Life
Siddhartha Gautam, also known as Buddha ‘The enlightened (or awakened) one’ was the spiritual leader and founder of Buddhism. Gautam was born in the royal family of Lumbini (Nepal) in fifth century BC. He spent his childhood in the laps of luxury. During childhood, some saints predicted that he would either be a renowned spiritual leader or a noble king. Despite losing his mother at a tender age, his father kept him away from worldly miseries. He grew up and led a happy family life until he came across a corpse, a hermit, an old man and a sick person on one of his trips through the city. This opened his eyes to the sorrows and sufferings of the world. Thus, began a journey of self-discovery. After several years of meditation and contemplation, he sat under a tree where he finally attained nirvana. He understood the role of everything from a speck of dust to the heavenly bodies. He realized the deeper truths of life and formed ‘Four Noble Truths’ and the ‘Eightfold path’ to preach his findings through the newly formed religion of Buddhism. He preached the true meaning of life and inspired his followers to control their desire, sins and wrongdoings to end their sufferings as a means to attain mental peace. The thoughts and teachings propagated by Gautama Buddha are life-changing. We have excerpted Gautama Buddha’s quotes from his sermons and teachings. A collection of Gautam Buddha quotes and sayings on life, karma, happiness, death, religion, forgiveness, meditation, peace, mind, truth, spirituality, love, wisdom and more.
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.
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection
In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
You only lose what you cling to.
Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.
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.
Doubt everything. Find your own light.
Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.
There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.
Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it
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.
If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.
If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.
Pain is certain, suffering is optional.
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.
Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.
Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change.
Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading
Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine
Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.
![Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.
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Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth. [Verse 223]
The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment
Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.
