Quotes by Buddha

Het oog is vergankelijk en niet-duurzaam, evenals het oor en de neus; en ook de tong, het lichaam en de geest.

Van nature zijn zij onderhevig aan het lijden, zelfloos, leeg en hol, zij zijn als het gras of een muur, niet-onafhankelijk.

Zoals een massale rots niet wordt bewogen door de wind, zo blijven de wijzen onbewogen onder blaam of lof.

Laat ieder eerst zorgen stevig te staan in juist gedrag, pas dan kan hij anderen adviseren. Zo'n wijze treft geen blaam.

Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.

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.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

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.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

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.