Buddha Quote by Anonymous

A man asked Lord Buddha "I want happiness." Lord Buddha said - first remove "I" that's ego. Then remove "Want" that's desire. See now…

— Gautama Buddha

“A man asked Gautama Buddha, "I want happiness." Buddha said, "First remove "I," that's Ego, then remove "want," that's Desire. See now you are…

— Gautama Buddha

Once a man said to lord buddha - I want happiness....lord buddha replied that first remove that'' I'' that's ego than remove WANT thats…

— Raghav Yadav

If you said I want happiness. First remove I, that's ego, then remove want, that's desire. See? Now you are left with happiness.

— Buddha

Franz Kafka once said that happiness consists in having an ideal and not progressing towards it. If you did progress towards it, you'd be…

— Momus

Thus said Buddha, and it therefore follows that if a man is happy, it is because he dwells in happy thoughts; if miserable, because…

— Anonymous

The Buddha's message was simple but profound. Neither a life of self-indulgence nor one of self-mortification can bring happiness. Only a middle path, avoiding…

— Henepola Gunaratana

“What need is there to say more? The childish work for their own benefit, The Buddhas work for the benefit of others. Just look…

— Shantideva

“It does not matter whether one is a Buddhist like me, or a Christian like the Archbishop, or any other religion, or no religion…

— Dalai Lama XIV

The word desire suggests that there is something we do not have. If we have everything already, then there can be no desire, for…

— Tom Robbins

Buddhism teaches us that happiness does not come from any kind of acquisitiveness, be it material or psychological. Happiness comes from letting go. In…

— Mark Epstein

The Buddhist mindset seeks to eliminate the self. That is to say, what we want to experience is life, not self. When there's less…

— Frederick Lenz