Everybody will be celebrating Vesak Day on May 19, 2019, so why not greet your close friends and family members with quotes from the Buddha himself?
Here are more than 25+ Quotes from Siddhartha Gautama that you can share with your friends and family members:
Happy Vesak Day Quotes And Wishes
“Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook but the oceans depth are calm.”
“I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.”
“You only lose what you cling to.”
“The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There’s only one moment for you to live.”
“The trouble is, you think you have time.”
“Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.”
“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?”
“You only lose what you cling to.”
“Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.”
“Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it”
“Greater in battle
than the man who would conquer
a thousand-thousand men,
is he who would conquer
just one —
himself.
Better to conquer yourself
than others.
When you’ve trained yourself,
living in constant self-control,
neither a deva nor gandhabba,
nor a Mara banded with Brahmas,
could turn that triumph
back into defeat.”
“Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.”
“A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.”
“A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.”
“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 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.”
“Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”
“Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life.”
“What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.”
“It is better to travel well than to arrive.”
“Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.”
“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.”
“The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.”
“By liberation of the self through love, we will develop love, we will practice it, we will make it both a way and a basis.”
“Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.”
“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
“If you knew what I know about the power of giving you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.”
All India Roundup Greets Everyone, Happy Vesak Day 2019!