28 Quotes by Siddhārtha Gautama

To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

Just to say 'I believe' or 'I do not doubt' does not mean that you understand and see. To force oneself to see and accept a thing without understanding is political and not spiritual or intellectual.

As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.

Through countless births in the cycle of existence I have run, not finding although seeking the builder of this house; and again and again I faced the suffering of new birth. Oh housebuilder! Now you are seen. You shall not build a house again for me. All your beams are broken, the ridgepole is shattered. The mind has become freed from conditioning: the end of craving has been reached.

It is better to travel, than to arrive

The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading

The world is on fire!And are you laughing?You are deep in the dark.Will you not ask for light?For behold your body—A painted puppet, a toy,Jointed and sick and full of falseimaginings, A shadow that shifts and fades.How frail it is!Frail and pestilent,It sickens, festers and dies.Like every living thingIn the end it sickens and dies.Behold these whitened bones, The hollow shells and husks of a dyingsummer.And are you laughing?