Humorous Sayings
939 sayings found from the Ancient era
Monks, I will teach you the all. Listen and pay close attention. I will speak. And what is the all? The eye and forms, ear and sounds, nose and odors, tongue and tastes, body and tactile sensations, intellect and mental phenomena. This is called the …
If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.
The thoughtless man, even if he can recite a large portion of the law, but is not a doer of it, has no share in the priesthood, but is like a cowherd counting the cows of others.
He who is not disturbed by the clamor of the world, nor by its sorrows, nor by its joys, is truly a wise man.
Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.
Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no longer is. The future has not yet come. Looking deeply at life as it is in the very here and now, the practitioner dwells in stability and freedom.
May all beings be happy and safe, and may their hearts be filled with joy.
If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.
What is the world? It is a fleeting show, a transient dream. What is life? It is a momentary flash, a passing shadow.
There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.
Let him not despise what he has received, nor should he envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.
Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
O Lord, I have not spoken to the people since I was a baby.
For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
Wherefore hast thou dealt thus with thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.