From Gautama Buddha: “Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.”
Tag Archives: eastern philosophy
Quote of the day 10/29/25
From Gautama Buddha: “If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.”
Quote of the day 10/28/25
From Gautama Buddha: “Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.”
Quote of the day 10/27/25
From Lao Tzu: “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
Quote of the day 10/07/25
From Wang Yang-Ming: “The sages do not consider that making no mistakes is a blessing. They believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually make a new man of himself.”
Quote of the day 10/06/25
From Śāntideva: “But if, through seeking happiness, my deeds are wrong, no matter where I turn my steps, the knives of misery will cut me down, the wage and retribution of a sinful life.”
Quote of the day 10/05/25
From Śāntideva: “We should at once cast far away our mind’s attachments: Tinder for the fiery flames of hate.”
Quote of the day 10/04/25
From Śāntideva: “All that may be wished for will by nature fade to nothing.”
Quote of the day 10/03/25
From Śāntideva: “So take advantage of this human boat. Free yourself from sorrow’s mighty stream! This vessel will be later hard to find. The time that you have now, you fool, is not for sleep!”
Quote of the day 10/02/25
From Śāntideva: “We are the authors of our own destiny; and being the authors, we are ultimately, perhaps frighteningly, free.”