Other quotes 

a. “Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; union with what is displeasing is suffering; separation from what is pleasing is suffering; not to get what one wants is suffering; in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering. Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the origin of suffering: it is this craving which leads to re-becoming, accompanied by delight and lust, seeking delight here and there; that is, craving for sensual pleasures, craving for becoming, craving for disbecoming. Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering: it is the remainderless fading away and cessation of that same craving, the giving up and relinquishing of it, freedom from it, non-reliance on it. Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering: it is this noble eightfold path; that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration.” Buddha in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta ("The Discourse That Sets Turning the Wheel of Truth") 

b. ‘The greatest of all gains is health, Nibbana is the greatest bliss, The eightfold path is the best of paths For it leads to safety, to the Deathless.' Buddha PC- MN75.21. F

First Noble Truth

a. “All conditioned existence is unsatisfying. When one acquires the skills of

discernment and insight, then one grows weary of frustration, and seeks the path of

purification. – Buddha

b. “The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having

realized the nature of the world.” The Buddha [Sutta Nipata]

c. See them, floundering in their sense of mine, like fish in the puddles of a dried-up

stream — and, seeing this, live with no mine, not forming attachment to experiences.”

—The Buddha (Sutta Nipata)

d. “Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is

suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; union with what is displeasing is

suffering; separation from what is pleasing is suffering; not to get what one wants is

suffering; in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering.”

[The First of The Four Noble Truths]

- Buddha in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta ("The Discourse That Sets Turning

the Wheel of Truth")

e. "There are these three forms of stressfulness, my friend: the stressfulness of pain,

the stressfulness of fabrication, the stressfulness of change. These are the three

forms of stressfulness." - Dukkha Sutta (SN 38.14)

The Second Noble Truth & the nature of craving (tanha) 

a. “Attachment is the root of suffering.” [Pali canon, upadhi dukkhassa mūlanti] 

b. All conditioned existence is unsatisfying. When one acquires the skills of discernment and insight, then one grows weary of frustration, and seeks the path of purification. – Buddha 

c. “Those who cling to perceptions (saññā) and views (diṭṭhi) Wander (vicarati) the world offending (ghaṭṭeti) people. “[Magandiya Suta in the Sutta Nipata, which is generally held to be one of the oldest texts in the Pali canon] 

d. “There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.” The Buddha [Dhammapada, verse 39] 

e. “The one in whom no longer exist the craving and thirst that perpetuate becoming; how could you track that Awakened one, trackless, and of limitless range.” [Dhammapada, verse 180] 

f. “He who loves fifty people has fifty woes; he who loves no one has no woes." – Buddha”

The Second Noble Truth (The three poisons and their opposites) 

a. “Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness.” The Buddha (Dhammapada, verse 223) b. “Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.” - Dhammapada verse 5 

c. In Buddhism, ignorance as the root cause of suffering refers to a fundamental misperception of the true nature of the self and all phenomena. – The 14th Dalai Lama 

d. “A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated — this is the greatest blessing.” The Buddha (Mangala Sutta). 

e. “Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the origin of suffering: it is this craving which leads to re-becoming, accompanied by delight and lust, seeking delight here and there; that is, craving for sensual pleasures, craving for becoming, craving for disbecoming. “ [The Second of The Four Noble Truths] - Buddha in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta ("The Discourse That Sets Turning the Wheel of Truth") 

The Third Noble Truth Different meanings of the term Nibanna 

a. “The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.” The Buddha [Sutta Nipata] 

b. “A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated — this is the greatest blessing.” The Buddha (Mangala Sutta). 

c. “Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering: it is the remainderless fading away and cessation of that same craving, the giving up and relinquishing of it, freedom from it, non-reliance on it.“ [The Third of The Four Noble Truths] - Buddha in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta ("The Discourse That Sets Turning the Wheel of Truth") 

d. “"If you wish to move in the One Way / do not dislike even the world of senses and ideas. / Indeed, to accept them fully / is identical with true Enlightenment.” and “The wise man strives to no goals, but the foolish man fetters himself” from the 'Faith in Heart-Mind' Inscription by Hsin-hsin Ming (The Third Patriach of Chan [Mahayana] Buddhism) 

The Third Noble Truth Different meanings of the term Nibanna 

a. “The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.” The Buddha [Sutta Nipata] 

b. “A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated — this is the greatest blessing.” The Buddha (Mangala Sutta). 

c. “Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering: it is the remainderless fading away and cessation of that same craving, the giving up and relinquishing of it, freedom from it, non-reliance on it.“ [The Third of The Four Noble Truths] - Buddha in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta ("The Discourse That Sets Turning the Wheel of Truth") 

d. “"If you wish to move in the One Way / do not dislike even the world of senses and ideas. / Indeed, to accept them fully / is identical with true Enlightenment.” and “The wise man strives to no goals, but the foolish man fetters himself” from the 'Faith in Heart-Mind' Inscription by Hsin-hsin Ming (The Third Patriach of Chan [Mahayana] Buddhism) 

The Fourth Noble Truth: The Eightfold Path 

a. “Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering: it is this noble eightfold path; that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration.” [The Fourth of The Four Noble Truths] - Buddha in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta ("The Discourse That Sets Turning the Wheel of Truth") 

b. “To practice Right Livelihood (samyag ajiva), you have to find a way to earn your living without transgressing your ideals of love and compassion. The way you support yourself can be an expression of your deepest self, or it can be a source of suffering for you and others. " ... Our vocation can nourish our understanding and compassion, or erode them. We should be awake to the consequences, far and near, of the way we earn our living.” - Thich Nhat Hanh (The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching [Parallax Press, 1998], p. 104) 

c. “I must state clearly that my teaching is a method to experience reality and not reality itself, just as a finger pointing at the moon is not the moon itself. A thinking person makes use of the finger to see the moon. A person who only looks at the finger and mistakes it for the moon will never see the real moon.” -The Buddha