However, many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

— Gautama Buddha

How wonderful! How wonderful! All things are perfect, exactly as they are.

— Gautama Buddha

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

— Gautama Buddha

I shall live here in the rains, There in winter, Elsewhere in summer," muses the fool, Not aware of the nearness of death.

— Gautama Buddha

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

— Gautama Buddha

It is better to travel, than to arrive

— Gautama Buddha

It is like a lighted torch whose flame can be distributed to ever so many other torches which people may bring along; and therewith they will cook food and dispel darkness, while the original torch itself remains burning ever the same. It is even so with the bliss of the

— Gautama Buddha

Ivana, I say that there are three instances in which meat should not be eaten: when it is seen, heard, or suspected [that the living being has been slaughtered for oneself]. I say that meat should not be eaten in these three instances. I say that there are three instances in which meat may be eaten: when it is not seen, not heard, and not suspected [that the living being has been slaughtered for oneself]. Furthermore, I say that meat may be eaten in these three instances.

— Gautama Buddha

Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so is human life like a line drawn on water. It is short, limited, and brief; it is full of suffering, full of tribulation. This one should wisely understand, one should do good and live a pure life; for none who is born can escape death.

— Gautama Buddha

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

— Gautama Buddha