Quotes by Buddha

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth.

Objects have no reality in themselves but are only seen of the mind and, therefore, are of the nature of Maya and a dream.

Doubt everything.  Find your own light.

Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.

Delight in meditation and solitude.  Compose yourself, be happy.  You are a seeker.

"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

After 48 years, I have said nothing.

The four catagories of existance, non-existance, both existance and non-existance, and neither existance nor non-existance, are spiderwebs among spiderwebs which can never take hold of the enormous bird of reality