Dhammapada

Watching his speech, well restrained in mind, let a man never commit any wrong with his body! Let a man but keep these three roads of action clear, and he will achieve the way which is taught by the wise. Buddha

He who walks in the company of fools suffers a long way; company with fools, as with an enemy, is always painful; company with the wise is pleasure, like meeting with kinsfolk. Buddha

If a man find no prudent companion who walks with him, is wise, and lives soberly, let him walk alone, like a king who has left his conquered country behind,–like an elephant in the forest. Buddha

Rouse thyself! do not be idle! Follow the law of virtue! The virtuous rests in bliss in this world and in the next. Buddha

Earnest among the thoughtless, awake among the sleepers, the wise man advances like a racer, leaving behind the hack. Buddha

As a cowherd with his staff drives his cows into the stable, so do Age and Death drive the life of men. Buddha

A fool does not know when he commits his evil deeds: but the wicked man burns by his own deeds, as if burnt by fire. Buddha

Sons are no help, nor a father, nor relations; there is no help from kinsfolk for one whom death has seized. Buddha

The fields are damaged by weeds, mankind is damaged by passion: therefore a gift bestowed on the passionless brings great reward. Buddha

As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its colour or scent, so let a sage dwell in his village. Buddha

Fake Buddha Quotes: What He Said and What He Didn’t Buddha

If anything is to be done, let a man do it, let him attack it vigorously! A careless pilgrim only scatters the dust of his passions more widely. Buddha

Let each man direct himself first to what is proper, then let him teach others; thus a wise man will not suffer. Buddha

The uncharitable do not go to the world of the gods; fools only do not praise liberality; a wise man rejoices in liberality, and through it becomes blessed in the other world. Buddha

Come, look at this glittering world, like unto a royal chariot; the foolish are immersed in it, but the wise do not touch it. Buddha

“These sons belong to me, and this wealth belongs to me,” with such thoughts a fool is tormented. He himself does not belong to himself; how much less sons and wealth? Buddha

Mules are good, if tamed, and noble Sindhu horses, and elephants with large tusks; but he who tames himself is better still. Buddha

If a man looks after the faults of others, and is always inclined to be offended, his own passions will grow, and he is far from the destruction of passions. Buddha

Victory breeds hatred, for the conquered is unhappy. He who has given up both victory and defeat, he, the contented, is happy. Buddha

The evil-doer mourns in this world, and he mourns in the next; he mourns in both. He mourns and suffers when he sees the evil of his own work. Buddha

He who has reached the consummation, who does not tremble, who is without thirst and without sin, he has broken all the thorns of life: this will be his last body. Buddha

From pleasure comes grief, from pleasure comes fear; he who is free from pleasure knows neither grief nor fear. Buddha

Forests are delightful; where the world finds no delight, there the passionless will find delight, for they look not for pleasures. Buddha

The sight of the elect is good, to live with them is always happiness; if a man does not see fools, he will be truly happy. Buddha

O man, know this, that the unrestrained are in a bad state; take care that greediness and vice do not bring thee to grief for a long time! Buddha

If a man is tossed about by doubts, full of strong passions, and yearning only for what is delightful, his thirst will grow more and more, and he will indeed make his fetters strong. Buddha

Few are there among men who arrive at the other shore; the other people here run up and down the shore. Buddha