The quotations of

Gautama Buddha

Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism

501–501 BC

25 quotes, most often on Anger, Thinking and Work. Part of the Philosophers collection.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.
- Work
It is your mind that creates this world.
- Thinking
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.
- Nature
Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.
Monks, a lay follower should not engage in five types of business. Which five? Business in weapons, business in human beings, business in meat, business in intoxicants, and business in poison.
Anguttara Nikaya (Numerical Discourses), 5.177: Vanijja Sutta, as translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (2001)
- Business
To cease from evil, to do good, and to purify the mind yourself, this is the teaching of all the Buddhas.
Dhammapada, Ch. 14, Verse 183
- Good & Evil
As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind.
Dhammapada, Ch. 1: The Twin Verses, verse 13
- Emotion
- Thinking
He abused me, he struck me, he overcame me, he robbed me’⁠—in those who do not harbor such thoughts hatred will cease.
Dhammapada
- Anger
- Forgiveness
Not by birth does one become an outcaste, not by birth does one become a brahman. By one’s action one becomes an outcaste, by one’s action one becomes a brahman.
Sutta Nipata (Suttas falling down), § 136
- Character
Whatever an enemy might do to an enemy, or a foe to a foe, the ill-directed mind can do to you even worse.
Whatever a mother, father or other kinsman might do for you, the well-directed mind can do for you even better.
Pali Canon 42-43 Cittavagga The Mind.
- Thinking

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