Buddha Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.”

“Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.”

“Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance of fruits. But alms given to those who are yet under the tyrannical yoke of the passions are like seed deposited in a bad soil. The passions of the receiver of the alms choke, as it were, the growth of merits.”

“The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.”

“He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.”

“A jug fills drop by drop.”

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

“The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.”

“Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.”

“I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.”