wisdom Quotes

Of those beings who live in ignorance, shut up and confined, as it were, in an egg, I have first broken the eggshell of ignorance and alone in the universe obtained the most exalted, universal Buddhahood.

The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?

He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

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

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?

Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.