Humorous Sayings
939 sayings found from the Ancient era
And I'm an inch from dying.
Truly, I wish I were dead. She was weeping when she left me, and said many things to me, and said this: 'How much we have suffered, Sappho. Truly, I don't want to leave you.'
What you are is what you have been, and what you will be is what you do now.
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
Just as a tree, though cut down, sprouts up again if its roots are undamaged and strong, in the same way, if the root of craving is not wholly uprooted, suffering springs up again and again.
The only way to ease our pain is to experience it fully.
When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.
Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
To abstain from all evil, to cultivate the good, and to purify one's mind — this is the teaching of all Buddhas.
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.
Wear your ego like a loose garment.
Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.
The wise ones who are intent on meditation, who delight in the peace of renunciation, such mindful ones, perfect in right understanding, cast off the net of Māra.
Conquer the angry one by love. Conquer the evil one by good. Conquer the stingy one by generosity. Conquer the liar by truth.
Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are. It solely relies on how you think.
It is in the nature of things that joy arises in a person free from remorse.
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
If a man foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my boundless love. The more evil that comes from him, the more good will go from me.
One day, in the morning, having put on his undergarment and taken his outer robe and bowl, the Blessed One entered Sāvatthī for alms.