Buddhist quotes

Mind
Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought.
 If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought.
If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow 
Just as a Fletcher straightens an arrow shaft, even so the discerning man straightens his mind — so fickle and unsteady, so difficult to guard. 
 Wonderful, indeed, it is to subdue the mind, so difficult to subdue, ever swift, and seizing whatever it desires. A tamed mind brings happiness. 
 Let the discerning man guard the mind, so difficult to detect and extremely subtle, seizing whatever it desires. A guarded mind brings happiness. 
 Wisdom never becomes perfect in one whose mind is not steadfast, who knows not the Good Teaching and whose faith wavers. 
Realizing that this body is as fragile as a clay pot, and fortifying this mind like a well-fortified city, fight out Mara with the sword of wisdom. Then, guarding the conquest, remain unattached. 
 Ere long, alas! this body will lie upon the earth, unheeded and lifeless, like a useless log. 
 Neither mother, father, nor any other relative can do one greater good than one's own well-directed mind. 
Before long, alas, this body, deprived of consciousness, will lie on the earth, discarded like a useless log.
 A thief may harm a thief; an enemy may harm an enemy; but a wrongly directed mind can do oneself far greater harm.
  Not a mother, nor a father, nor any other relative can do more for the well-being of one than a rightly-directed mind can.
 
  Life
 Like a beautiful flower full of color but without fragrance, even so, fruitless are the fair words of one who does not practice them.
 Like a beautiful flower full of color and also fragrant, even so, fruitful are the fair words of one who practices them.
  The wise realize it and thereby their quarrels cease.
Upon a heap of rubbish in the road-side ditch blooms a lotus, fragrant and pleasing. 
 Even so, on the rubbish heap of blinded mortals the disciple of the Supremely Enlightened One shines resplendent in wisdom. 
 The wise ones, ever meditative and steadfastly persevering, alone experience Nibbana, the incomparable freedom from bondage. 
The foolish and ignorant indulge in heedlessness, but the wise one keeps his heedlessness as his best treasure. 
Heedful among the heedless, wide-awake among the sleepy, the wise man advances like a swift horse leaving behind a weak jade. 
One should do what one teaches others to do; if one would train others, one should be well controlled oneself. Difficult, indeed, is self-control. 
The evil a witless man does by himself, born of himself and produced by himself, grinds him as a diamond grinds a hard gem. 
If one holds oneself dear, one should diligently watch oneself. Let the wise man keep vigil during any of the three watches of the night.
Fool.
 If a person seeking a companion cannot find one who is better than or equal to him, let him resolutely go on alone; there can be no companionship with a fool.
"I have sons, I have wealth"; with this (feeling of attachment) the fool is afflicted. Indeed, he himself is not his own, how can sons and wealth be his.
The fool who knows that he is a fool can, for that reason, be a wise man; but the fool who thinks that he is wise is, indeed, called a fool.
 A fool, even though he is associated with a wise man all his life, does not understand the Dhamma, just as a ladle does not know the taste of soup.
With themselves as their own enemies, fools lacking in intelligence, move about doing evil deeds, which bear bitter fruits.
That deed is not well done, if one has to repent for having done it, and if, with a tearful face, one has to weep as a result of that deed.
 As long as the evil deed does not bear fruit, the fool thinks it is sweet like honey; but when his evil deed does bear fruit, the fool suffers for it.
An evil deed does not immediately bear fruit, just as the newly-drawn milk does not curdle at once; but it follows the fool burning him like live coal covered with ashes.
 wisdom 
The man of wisdom should admonish others; he should give advice and should prevent others from doing wrong; such a man is held dear by the good; he is disliked only by the bad.
One should not associate with bad friends, nor with the vile. One should associate with good friends, and with those who are noble.
As a mountain of rock is unshaken by wind, so also, the wise are unperturbed by blame or by praise. 
Like a lake which is deep, clear and calm, the wise after listening to the Teaching (Dhamma) become serene.
 Few among men reach the other shore (Nibbana); all the others only run up and down on this shore.

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