Buddhist Quotes · Page 13

Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned.

— Dalai Lama

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

— Anonymous

Establish your mind as necessary for knowledge and remembrance. Establish a mind free of grasping to anything.

— Gautama Buddha

“I saw then how I could be a good Buddhist and a good chef, and serve meat that is given freely, without…

— Matthew Johnson

It is the Buddhist belief that at every moment the universe is not only dying but being reborn.

— Frederick Lenz

Suffering is universal. it’s the one thing Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about.

— John Green

I used a lot of pancake makeup and a prayer, and a Buddhist chant.

— Steven Cojocaru

Love is a gift of one's inner most soul to another so both can be whole.

— Anonymous

Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the…

— Gautama Buddha

Reconciliation is to understand both sides; to go to one side and describe the suffering being endured by the other side, and…

— Nhat Hanh

Beneath the sophistication of Buddhist psychology lies the simplicity of compassion. We can touch into this compassion whenever the mind is quiet,…

— Jack Kornfield

We must be open to our mistakes and grow. Growth isn't based on being perfect, but moving toward the best we can…

— Tsem Tulku

I sort of believe that my voice was preordained; I'm a Buddhist who believes in reincarnation so I think that my voice…

— K. D. Lang

Let him the intelligent man admonish, let him teach, let him forbid what is improper ! - he will be beloved of…

— Gautama Buddha

Love makes you wise. Love unites. Pain divides. Hate divides even more. Hate separates and brings us down to a very physical…

— Frederick Lenz

Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts,…

— Anonymous

Giving up attachment to the world does not mean that you set yourself apart from it. Generating a desire for others to…

— Dalai Lama

Tantra is the hot blood of spiritual practice. It smashes the taboo against unreasonable happiness; a thunderbolt path, swift, joyful, and fierce.…

— Chogyam Trungpa

We have to know what is Buddhadharma and what is not Buddhadharma. It needn't go on forever. You don't have to spend…

— Tenzin Palmo

Look at your life. Look at the ways in which you define who you are and what you’re capable of achieving. Look…

— Tsoknyi Rinpoche

“The world is inherently chaotic, unstable and can change on a whim, which is why a Buddhist turns inward and strives to…

— Michael Williams

When we bear witness, when we become the situation - homelessness, poverty, illness, violence, death - the right action arises by itself.…

— Bernie Glassman

We should practice by showing one another love and helping one another. It is a mistake to pursue happiness and to seek…

— Dalai Lama

I loved science, and when I discovered Buddhist meditative practices and martial arts, I was able to bridge those ways of knowing…

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength

— Laozi

Half the spiritual life consists of remembering what we are up against and where we are going.

— Ayya Khema

Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth.

— Gautama Buddha

If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.

— Gautama Buddha

I practice Buddhist philosophy and contemplation but I don't know if I'm more of anything.

— Goldie Hawn

There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.

— Chuck Close

I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist and Confucian.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Of all footprints, that of the elephant is supreme. Similarly, of all mindfulness meditations, that on death is supreme.

— Gautama Buddha

Buddhist teachings are not a religion, they are a science of mind.

— Jack Kornfield

A fool acquires knowledge only to his own disadvantage. It destroys what good he has, and turns his brains.

— Gautama Buddha

The experience taught me to be present in the real Buddhist sense of paying attention to the moment.

— Sandra Cisneros

I spend a lot of time with Buddhists. I'm not a Buddhist, but their relationship with death interests me.

— Joan Baez

Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration

— Duncan Sheik

Not by mere eloquence, nor by handsome appearance, does a man become good-natured, should he be jealous, selfish and deceitful.

— Gautama Buddha

Neither my life of luxury in the palace -nor- my life as ascetic in the forest were ways to enlightenment.

— Gautama Buddha

When others put you down for who you are or what you're doing, it just means that you're going in the right…

— Tsem Tulku