Buddhist Quotes

822 quotes by 218 authors

If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature. — Gautama Buddha
As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds. — Gautama Buddha
It is easy to see the faults of others... it is hard to see our own... — Gautama Buddha
Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. — Gautama Buddha
As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape their lives. — Gautama Buddha
One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield. — Gautama Buddha
Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living. — Gautama Buddha
If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater. — Gautama Buddha
I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment, undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by me which is… — Gautama Buddha
There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind. — Gautama Buddha
The mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness. — Gautama Buddha
As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts. — Gautama Buddha
The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch… — Gautama Buddha
Look within, thou art the Buddha. — Gautama Buddha
A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful… — Gautama Buddha
Whoever has done harmful actions but later covers them up with good is like the moon which, freed from clouds, lights up the world. — Gautama Buddha
In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go? — Gautama Buddha
Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace. — Gautama Buddha
If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another. — Gautama Buddha
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant... — Gautama Buddha

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