Quotes on Buddhism Happiness

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

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

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

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

Believe nothing,_x000D_ _x000D_ No matter where you read it,_x000D_ _x000D_ Or who has said it,_x000D_ _x000D_ Not even if I have said it,_x000D_ _x000D_ Unless it agrees with your own reason_x000D_ _x000D_ And your own common sense.

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

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt.

Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.