Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.
Gautama BuddhaOnly within our body, with its heart and mind, can bondage and suffering be found, and only here can we find true liberation.
Gautama Buddha'Wherefore, brethren, thus must ye train yourselves : Liberation of the will through love will develop, we will often practice it, we will make it vehicle and base, take our stand upon it, store it up, throughly set it going.'
Gautama BuddhaTo force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.
Gautama BuddhaIf for just the time of a finger-snap a monk produces a thought of loving-kindness, develops it, gives attention to it, such a one is rightly called a monk. Not in vain does he meditate. He acts in accordance with the master's teaching, he follows his advice. How much more so if he cultivates it.
Gautama Buddha