This is a genuine quote from the Buddha. It’s from the Kimsila Sutta.
“Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken words.” The Buddha
“Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.”
This is a genuine quote from the Buddhist scriptures. It’s from the Karaniya Metta Sutta:
“Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.” Buddha
“As a mother would protect her only child with her life … cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.” Buddha
“Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.” The Buddha
“Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.” The Buddha (Dhammapada, verse 118)
“Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.” The Buddha
This is a genuine Buddha quote, from the Dhammapada:
Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.
“Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one’s own acts, done and undone.” The Buddha
This is a genuine Buddha quote. It’s from the Dhammapada, verse 50.
Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one’s own acts, done and undone. – The Buddha.
“Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet.” The Buddha
This is a genuine quotation from the Buddhist scriptures. It’s from the Sutta Nipata
“Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet.”
The Buddha
“Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet.” The Buddha
“Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.” The Buddha
This is a genuine Buddha quote, from the Dhammapada:
Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
“Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.” The Buddha
This is a genuine Buddha quote. It’s from the Dhammapada, verse 80:
Irrigators channel waters;
fletchers straighten arrows;
carpenters shape wood;
the wise master themselves.
“The calmed say that what is well-spoken is best; second, that one should say what is right, not unrighteous; third, what’s pleasing, not displeasing; fourth, what is true, not false.” – The Buddha
“The calmed say that what is well-spoken is best;
second, that one should say what is right, not unrighteous;
third, what’s pleasing, not displeasing;
fourth, what is true, not false.” – The Buddha
(From the Sutta Nipata)
“Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure.”
This is a genuine Buddha quote. It’s from verse 76 of the Dhammapada. Here’s a link to an alternative translation.
“Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure.” Buddha