131 Quotes by Gautama Buddha

Life can only take place in the present moment. If we lose the present moment, we lose life.

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.

Be quick to do good. If you are slow, the mind, delighting in mischief, will catch you.

If you hold yourself dear, protect yourself well.

In our lives, change is unavoidable, loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change, lies our happiness and freedom.

One who previously made bad karma, but who reforms and creates good karma, brightens the world like the moon appearing from behind a cloud.

Do not say anything harsh: what you have said will be said back to you.

In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not been practising meditation.

Everything changes, nothing remains without change.