Buddhist Quotes · Page 15

“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.” Buddhist nun Pema Chodron”

— Erin Loechner

Right is that which is not your invention. It is already there. If you go away from it you are wrong, if…

— Gautama Buddha

If you could train an AI to be a Buddhist, it would probably be pretty good.

— Reid Hoffman

...as I apprehend the Buddhist doctrine of karma, I agree in principle with that.

— William James

Cambodia wanted no part of SEATO. We would look after ourselves as neutrals and Buddhists.

— Norodom Sihanouk

The fool who thinks he is wise is just a fool. The fool who knows he is a fool is wise indeed.

— Gautama Buddha

Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.

— Anonymous

The right time to show your good character is when you are pestered by someone weaker than you.

— Gautama Buddha

Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation — at least, not just. We are also a Jewish nation,…

— Barack Obama

In Buddhist teaching, ignorance is considered the fundamental cause of violence - ignorance... about the separation of self and other... about the…

— Sharon Salzberg

He who, seeking his own happiness, punishes or kills beings who also long for happiness, will not find happiness after his death.

— Gautama Buddha

There is, Oh Monks, a not-born, a not-become, a not-made, a not-compounded. Monks, if that unborn, not-become, not-made, not-compounded were not, there…

— Gautama Buddha

Laos is a deeply Buddhist country, and my visit included a traditional Tak Bat ceremony, in which you get up at sunrise…

— Ben Rhodes

Because we all share an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is…

— Anonymous

If you are going to set out to develop mystical powers to impress your friends and do other things to your enemies,…

— Frederick Lenz

Don't blindly believe what I say. Don't believe me because others convince you of my words. Don't believe anything you see, read,…

— Gautama Buddha

Buddhist meditation doen't necessarily mean sitting cross-legged with your eyes closed. Simply observing how your mind is responding to the sense world…

— Thubten Yeshe

When a man is stimulated by his own thoughts, full of desire and dwelling on what is attractive, his craving increases even…

— Gautama Buddha

I'm no Buddhist monk, and I can't say I'm in love with renunciation in itself, or traveling an hour or more to…

— Pico Iyer

I live for the moment. I'm basically a Buddhist-type person. I'm just here right now, and I don't think about what's going…

— Yvon Chouinard

A friend of mine told me a bunch of stuff on Buddhism and about Avicii being the lowest level of Buddhist hell,…

— Avicii

The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we…

— Pema Chodron

Fighting for one's freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good…

— Maya Angelou

Sex according to Sangarakshita is rooted in the Lower Evolution and does not, in his experience, enhance communication between individuals. And sexual…

— Sangharakshita

If you have humility, you are willing to undertake anything to spread the dharma.

— Frederick Lenz

As Buddha points out, you should not rely on the opinions of others for validation of your internal progression.

— Frederick Lenz

There is enough room in eternity for everyone to be enlightened. We gain or lose nothing by the success of others.

— Frederick Lenz

The Buddhist version of poverty is a situation where you have nothing to contribute.

— Michael Palin

A fool thinks it like honey so long as the bad deed does not bear fruit, but when it does bear fruit…

— Gautama Buddha

I Have Learned so much from God That I can no longer call myself A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, A Buddhist,…

— Hafez

To a Buddhist, contradictions only exist in a mind that has been forced to cultivate them.

— John Burdett

With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit.

— Gautama Buddha

Through vigilance, restraint and control the wise will construct and island that no flood will overcome.

— Gautama Buddha

The more moral you pretend to be, the less moral you are; the less moral you try to be, the more moral…

— Frederick Lenz

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)

— Anonymous

When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.

— Ajahn Chah

I was raised Church of England but I love the Buddhist philosophy, it's very powerful, non-violent.

— Dave Clark

Our power comes not from suppressing others but from uplifting them.

— Sakyong Mipham

Conquer anger by love, evil by good; Conquer the miser with liberality, and the liar with truth.

— Gautama Buddha

Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.

— Gautama Buddha