Buddha

“Him I call a Brahmana from whom anger and hatred, pride and envy have dropped like a mustard seed from the point of a needle.”

“Him I call a Brahmana whose desire to live is extinguished, who has cast off every burden.”

“Him I call a Brahmana who has crossed this stream, this difficult and dangerous Samsara, who has gone through and reached the other shore, who is thoughtful, calm, free from doubts, attached to nothing, and content.”

“Him I call a Brahmana whose knowledge is deep, who possesses wisdom, who knows the right way and the wrong, and has attained the highest end.”

“Him I call a Brahmana who has no desires, who, having understood the truth, doubts no longer, and who has reached the depth of the Eternal.”

“He who knows that this body is like froth, and has learnt that it is as unsubstantial as a mirage, will break the flower-pointed arrow of Mara, and never see the King of Death.”

“Death carries off a man who is gathering flowers and whose mind is distracted, as a flood carries off a sleeping village.”

“Like a beautiful flower, full of color but without scent, are the well-chosen words of him who does not act accordingly.”

“Like a beautiful flower, full of color and full of scent, are the well-chosen words of him who acts accordingly.”

“As many garlands can be made from a heap of flowers, so many good things may be achieved by a mortal when once he is born.”

“The scent of flowers does not travel against the wind, nor that of sandal-wood, but the scent of the virtuous travels even against the wind.”

“He who possesses virtue and intelligence, who is just, speaks the truth, and does what is his own business — him the world will hold dear.”

“He who has gone for refuge to the Buddha, the Law, and the Brotherhood; he who, with clear understanding, sees the four holy truths.”

“To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.”

“He who, by causing pain to others, wishes to obtain pleasure for himself, he, entangled in the bonds of hatred, will never be free from hatred.”

“Earnestness is the path of immortality (Nirvana), thoughtlessness the path of death.”

“The earnest among the thoughtless, the awake among the sleepers, the wise man advances like a racer, leaving behind the hack.”

“By earnestness did Maghavan rise to the lordship of the gods. People praise earnestness; thoughtlessness is always blamed.”

“A Bhikshu who delights in earnestness, who looks with fear on thoughtlessness, cannot fall away from his perfect state — he is close to Nirvana.”