Buddhism Quotes

1466 Buddhism quotes by 146 unique authors

If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those… — Dalai Lama
If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher. — Pema Chodron
The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself. — Nhat Hanh
I"m often accused of being irreligious, and I suppose it's for this very reason. Whether it's Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Judaism, or any other… — Erwin McManus
Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else. — Shunryu Suzuki
If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism. — Albert Einstein
Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace. — Nhat Hanh
It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way. — Nhat Hanh
We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps. — Hermann Hesse
A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily. — Alan Watts
Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is… — Dalai Lama
When you dig a well, there's no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way. You… — Deepak Chopra
If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. — Nhat Hanh
Life is painful. It has thorns, like the stem of a rose. Culture and art are the roses that bloom on the stem. The flower… — Daisaku Ikeda
Leave behind the passive dreaming of a rose-tinted future. The energy of happiness exists in living today with roots sunk firmly in reality's soil. — Daisaku Ikeda
Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end. — Daisaku Ikeda
…the doctrinal differences between Hinduism and Buddhism and Taoism are not anywhere near as important as doctrinal differences among Christianity and Islam and Judaism. Holy… — Robert M. Pirsig
I think oysters are more beautiful than any religion,' he resumed presently. 'They not only forgive our unkindness to them; they justify it, they incite… — Hector Hugh Munro
It's very difficult to stay angry when a room full of bald guys in orange robes start giggling. Buddhism. — Christopher Moore
Many people entertain the idea that Christianity,like almost any other religion,is basically a system of beliefs-you know, a set of doctrines or a code of… — Josh McDowell
Your Buddhism has made you mean Ray and makes you even afraid to take your clothes off for a simple healthy orgy — Jack Kerouac
When the mind is exhausted of images, it invents its own. — Gary Snyder
The Four Noble Truths are pragmatic rather than dogmatic. They suggest a course of action to be followed rather than a set of dogmas to… — Stephen Batchelor
Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet. — Nhat Hanh
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun. — Alan Watts

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