Buddha Quotes (145 Quotes)

In seperateness lies the world's great misery, in compassion lies the world's true strength.

Inward calm cannot be maintained unless physical strength is constantly and intelligently replenished.

Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred it will be stilled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal

But to take refuge in the Buddha, the Dhammas and the Sangha and to see with real understanding the four noble truths

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.

Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

All that we are arises With our thoughts. With our thoughts, We make our world.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

As the Fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.

A jug fills drop by drop.

To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear. Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

There is an unborn, a not-become, a not-made, a not-compounded. There cannot be any escape from what is born, become compounded. But since there is this unborn, not become, not-made, not-compounded, therefore is there made known an escape from what i

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to e.

Do not speak thus, Subhuti Yes, even then there will be of beings who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will understand their truth. For even at that time, Subhuti, there will be Bodhisattvas. And these Bodhisattvas, Subhuti, will not

This life of separateness may be compared to a dream, a phantasm, a bubble, a shadow, a drop of dew, a flash of lightning.

To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple livelihood this is the good luck.

Think not lightly of evil, saying, 'It will not come to me.' Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the fool, gathering it little by little, fills himself with evil.

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.

This Ariyan Eightfold Path, that is to say Right view, right aim, right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right mindfulness, right contemplation.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

It is better to spend one day contemplating the birth and death of all things than a hundred years never contemplating beginnings and endings.

To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue this is the good luck.

What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow Our life is the creation of our mind.

Ye must leave righteous ways behind, not to speak of unrighteous ways.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die so, let us all be thankful.

And again, Subhuti, suppose a woman or a man were to renounce all their belongings as many times as there are grains of sand in the river Ganges and suppose that someone else, after taking from this discourse on dharma but one stanza of four lines,

Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.

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

Inflamed by greed, incensed by hate, confused by delusion, overcome by them, obsessed by mind, a man chooses for his own affliction, for others' affliction, for the affliction of both and experiences pain and grief

Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear.

A man may conquer a million men in battle but one who conquers himself is, indeed, the greatest of conquerors.

Beings are owners of their action, heirs of their action.

Being generous, just helping one's relatives and being blameless in one's actions this is the best good luck.

Born out of concern for all beings.

This existence of ours is as transient as Autumn clouds. To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is a flash of lightning in the sky. Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain.

Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.

Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.

As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake on Earth as a drop of oil on my foot.

The evils of the body are, murder, theft, and adultery of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse, and idle talk of the mind, covetousness, hatred, and error.

Do not think of how big the universe is, it will merely hurt your head.

I do not care to know your various theories about God. What is the use of discussing all the subtle doctrines about the soul Do good and be good. And this will take you to freedom and to whatever truth there is....