Buddhist Sayings
Posted on January 19 2010 by Ellad2
- If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your own path.
- Do not speak- unless it improves on silence.
- You can explore the universe looking for somebody who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself,
and you will not find that person anywhere.
- Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much
as your own unguarded thoughts.
- If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion. Dalai Lama
- The whole purpose of religion
is to facilitate love and compassion, patience,
tolerance, humility, forgiveness. Dalai Lama
- We are what we think.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts, we make our world. Buddha
- Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle,
and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared. Buddha
- Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. Buddha
- To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. Buddha
- Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful. Buddha
- What we think, we become. Buddha
- He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. Buddha
- Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world. Buddha
- Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha
