Transcending Thought

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

-Plato

Quotes by Buddha

Is it worth it

If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.

Buddha

Conquer Yourself

One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.

Buddha

What to Believe

Believe nothing. No matter where you read it, or who said it, even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

Buddha

Thoughts make the World

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.

Buddha

act

Work out your own Salvation. Do not depend upon others.

Buddha

365

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.

Buddha

436

More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm.

Buddha

440

If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.

Buddha

238

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

Buddha

377

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?

Buddha