Buddhist Quotes

822 quotes by 218 authors

Even if a fool lived with a wise man all his life, he would still not recognise the truth, like a wooden spoon cannot recognise… — Gautama Buddha
A fool thinks it like honey so long as the bad deed does not bear fruit, but when it does bear fruit he experiences suffering. — Gautama Buddha
Like fresh milk a bad deed does not turn at once. It follows a fool scorching him like a smouldering fire. — Gautama Buddha
Few are those among men who have crossed over to the other shore, while the rest of mankind runs along the bank. However those who… — Gautama Buddha
Journey over, sorrowless, freed in every way, and with all bonds broken - for such a man there is no more distress. — Gautama Buddha
The recollected go forth to lives of renunciation. They take no pleasure in a fixed abode. Like wild swans abandoning a pool, they leave one… — Gautama Buddha
He whose inflowing thoughts are dried up, who is unattached to food, whose dwelling place is an empty and imageless release - the way of… — Gautama Buddha
Neither my life of luxury in the palace -nor- my life as ascetic in the forest were ways to enlightenment. — Gautama Buddha
Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone. — Gautama Buddha
My whole life, I never spoke a single-word. — Gautama Buddha
There have been many Buddhas before me and will be many Buddhas in the future. — Gautama Buddha
All living beings have Buddha nature and can become Buddhas. — Gautama Buddha
We are the same as plants, as trees, as other people, as the rain that falls. We consist of that which is around us, we… — Gautama Buddha
If we destroy something around us we destroy ourselves. If we cheat another, we cheat ourselves. — Gautama Buddha
As soon as we think we are safe, something unexpected happens. — Gautama Buddha
No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed. — Gautama Buddha
Life is dear to all beings, they have the right to live the same that we do. — Gautama Buddha
Hunger (for things) is the supreme disease. — Gautama Buddha
We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. — Gautama Buddha
Fools wait for a lucky day, but everyday is a lucky day for an industrious man. — Gautama Buddha

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