Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.

Quote by Buddha

Topics: Knowledge Quotes, Zeal Quotes

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

It is within this fathoms-long carcass, with its mind and its notions, that I declare...

It is within this fathoms-long carcass, with its mind and its notions, that I declare...

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to...

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to...

It is better to spend one day contemplating the birth and death of all things...

It is better to spend one day contemplating the birth and death of all things...

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no...

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no...

The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never...

The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never...

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of...

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of...

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truthnot going all the...

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truthnot going all the...

The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.

The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.

What is the noble truth of suffering? Birth is suffering, ageing is suffering and sorrow...

What is the noble truth of suffering? Birth is suffering, ageing is suffering and sorrow...

Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which...

Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the...

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the...

It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (languor), how few...

It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (languor), how few...

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand...

One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand...

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface...

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface...

Don't think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice....

Don't think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice....