Wisdom Quote by Siddhārtha Gautama — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“To become vegetarian is to step towards the stream which leads to nirvana.”

“Just to say 'I believe' or 'I do not doubt' does not mean that you understand and see. To force oneself to see and accept a thing without understanding is political and not spiritual or intellectual.”

“Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another.”

“To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.”

“Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life.”

“Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.”

“When people say "If I only knew then what I know now" makes me wonder why they aren't using that wisdom now.”

“Although wisdom is called immovable, this does not signify any insentient thing, like wood or stone; it moves as the mind is wont to move - forward or back, to the left, to the right, in the ten directions and to the eight points; and the mind that does not stop at all is called immovable wisdom.”

“Go slowly, so that you do not bite your tail by accident.”

“The way into the hall of success always passes through the chamber of decision. Decide to be a success; success is deliberate!”

“There are people that bring out the best in others, while there are those that can bring out the worst.”

“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”