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.

— Gautama Buddha

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

— Gautama Buddha

Let a man leave anger, let him forsake pride, let him overcome all bondage! No sufferings befall the man who is not attached to name and form and who calls nothing his own.[Verse 221] TR- Friedrich Max Müller

— Gautama Buddha

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.

— Gautama Buddha

Like a caring mother holding and guarding the life of her only child, so with a boundless hereof loving kindness, hold yourself and all beings as your beloved children.

— Gautama Buddha

Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.

— Gautama Buddha

Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate. Live in joy, in health, even among the afflicted. Live in joy, in peace, even among the troubled. Look within, be still. Free from fear and attachment, know the sweet joy of the way.

— Gautama Buddha

Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone.

— Gautama Buddha

May all that have life be delivered from suffering

— Gautama Buddha

Meditate, Amanda, do not delay, or else you will regret it later. This is our instruction to you.

— Gautama Buddha