Quotes by Buddha

“An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.”

“What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now.”

“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”

“The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character.”

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

“However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?”

“He is able who thinks he is able.”

“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.”

“He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.”

“In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.”

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”

“Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.”