It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
Quotations
Gautama Buddha
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment, undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by me - deep, difficult to see, difficult to understand, tranquil, excellent, beyond the reach of mere logic, subtle, and to be realised only by the wise.
Do not dwell in the past; do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
There are ways from light into darkness and from darkness into light. There are ways, also, from the gloom into deeper darkness, and from the dawn into brighter light. The wise man will use the light he has to receive more light. He will constantly advance in the knowledge of truth.
To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If you speak or act with an evil thought, pain follows. If you speak or act with a pure thought, happiness follows, like a shadow that never leaves.
