Teachings of The Buddha

One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should think it was my doing. They should accept my authority in all matters great or small." This is a fool's way of thinking. His self-seeking and conceit just increase. One way leads to acquisition, the other leads to nirvana. Realizing this a monk, as a disciple of the Buddha, should take no pleasure in the respect of others, but should devote himself to solitude. - The Buddha

A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden. - The Buddha

A fool acquires knowledge only to his own disadvantage. It destroys what good he has, and turns his brains. - The Buddha

A kind man who makes good use of wealth is rightly said to possess a great treasure; but the miser who hoards up his riches will have no profit. - The Buddha

A victor only breeds hatred, while a defeated man lives in misery, but a man at peace within lives happily, abandoning up ideas of victory and defeat. - The Buddha

All beings tremble before violence. All fear death, all love life. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do? - Buddha

All conditioned things are impermanent. When one sees this in wisdom, then one becomes dispassionate towards the painful. - The Buddha

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become. - The Buddha

Source: Sayings of the Buddha in The Dhammapada, Pali Cannon