Buddha on Time Quotes

"A jug fills drop by drop."

"Patience is the highest asceticism."

"Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel."

"Radiate boundless love towards the entire world—above, below, and across—unhindered, without ill will, without enmity."

"The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There’s only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment."

"Everything is burning. The eye is burning, forms are burning, eye-consciousness is burning."

"The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart."

"Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes."

"Whatever is subject to origination is subject to cessation."

"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change."

"If you neglect the time for effort, you will fail in your quest."

"Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except yourself."

"Like a beautiful flower, full of color but without scent, are the fine but fruitless words of him who does not act accordingly."

"Endurance is the highest penance, patience the highest Nirvana."

"Death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely."

"Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame."

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."

"He who has no attachment can never be killed by time."

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly."

"One moment can change a day, one day can change a life and one life can change the world."

"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."

"The trouble is, you think you have time."

"In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you."

"Work out your own salvation with diligence."

"Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well."

"Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing that rise and fall."

"Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most."

"Transient are all conditioned things. Strive on with diligence."

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

"The wise man carves his own path."

"All of you Bhikshus, you should always singlemindedly and diligently seek the way out of all the moving and unmoving dharmas of the world, for they are all decaying, destructible, insecure appearances. All of you, stop; there is nothing more to say. Time is passing away, and I wish to cross over to Nirvana. These are my very last instructions."

"The whole secret of existence is to have no fear."

"Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it."