Indian Quotes

1,043 quotes in this collection

"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow..."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy."

-- Gautama Buddha

"If you find no companion to walk with, walk on alone, like an elephant roaming the forest."

-- Gautama Buddha

"If you find no companion to walk with, walk on alone, like an elephant roaming the forest."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well."

-- Gautama 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."

-- Gautama 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."

-- Gautama Buddha

"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."

-- Gautama Buddha

"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."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Conquer yourself rather than the world."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Conquer yourself rather than the world."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good."

-- Gautama Buddha

"An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast..."

-- Gautama Buddha

"An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast..."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little..."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little..."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame."

-- Gautama Buddha

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."

-- Gautama Buddha

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."

-- Gautama Buddha

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

-- Gautama Buddha

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

-- Gautama Buddha

"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."

-- Gautama Buddha

"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."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it."

-- Gautama Buddha

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

-- Gautama Buddha

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

-- Gautama Buddha

"If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete."

-- Gautama Buddha

"If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak."

-- Gautama Buddha

"The secret of health for both mind and body is... to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."

-- Gautama Buddha

"The secret of health for both mind and body is... to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."

-- Gautama Buddha

"A jug fills drop by drop."

-- Gautama Buddha

"A jug fills drop by drop."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it... unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it... unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."

-- Gautama Buddha