Buddhist Quotes

822 quotes by 218 authors

The three elements of creativity are thus: loving, knowing, and doing - or heart, mind, and hands - or, as Zen Buddhist teaching has it;… — Eric Maisel
By god the Buddhist means that from which the universe was born, the unborn of the Buddhist scriptures, and by soul that factor in the… — Christmas Humphreys
It is neither just the religious, the spiritual, the power-hungry, the evil, the ignorant, the corrupt, the Christian, the Muslim, the Hindu, the Buddhist, the… — Criss Jami
As the books got more and more Zionist and less and less socialist, my entire generation, at least a large percentage of it, simply left… — Roseanne Barr
A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes. — Mahatma Gandhi
My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy. — Richard Gere
From a Buddhist point of view, emotions are not real. As an actor, I manufacture emotions. They're a sense of play. But real life is… — Richard Gere
My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions. — Whoopi Goldberg
You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks. — Cameron Diaz
I'm not a Buddhist, or a card-carrying member of any religion. — Matt Dillon
A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it. — Dogen
What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds. — Wayne Dyer
I was exposed to a mix of cultures, lots of different religions and beliefs. I was a spiritual kid and went to Indian powwows and… — Harvey Fierstein
If you're a politician, you might want to learn the Buddhist way of negotiation. Restoring communication and bringing back reconciliation is clear and concrete in… — Nhat Hanh
People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make… — Nhat Hanh
We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If… — Nhat Hanh
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. — Nhat Hanh
I realize that many elements of the Buddhist teaching can be found in Christianity, Judaism, Islam. I think if Buddhism can help, it is the… — Nhat Hanh
In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the practice of spirituality,… — Nhat Hanh
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear… — Nhat Hanh

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