Buddhist Quotes

822 quotes by 218 authors

Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion. — Ron Reagan
I want to love all the children of God - Christian, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist - everyone. I want to love gay Christians and straight… — Anne Rice
I am a Buddhist, therefore I should not be collecting anything - however, I have a collection of Buddhas. I have a lot of them. — Eric Ripert
In Buddhist teaching, ignorance is considered the fundamental cause of violence - ignorance... about the separation of self and other... about the consequences of our… — Sharon Salzberg
In our usual mind state, we are continually activating the process that in Buddhist terminology is known as 'bhava,' which literally means 'becoming.' In this… — Sharon Salzberg
From the Buddhist point of view, it is true that emptiness is a characteristic of all of life - if we look carefully at any… — Sharon Salzberg
Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men. — George Santayana
I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind. — Martin Scorsese
Sometimes I feel like a Buddhist and I need to chant; sometimes a Baptist and I need to holler and shout; and sometimes I need… — Jill Scott
Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now! — Sivananda
Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate. — Sivananda
A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the… — Sivananda
Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not… — Robert Louis Stevenson
I am a practicing Buddhist. I have been for 25 years. — Tina Turner
May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of the Jews, the… — Swami Vivekananda
I don't call myself a Buddhist. I'm a free spirit. I believe I'm here on earth to admire and enjoy it; that's my religion. — Alice Walker
I don't know what religious people do. I kind of wished I'd been a Christian with the blind faith that God is doing the right… — Marcia Wallace
The Buddhists say there are 149 ways to God. I'm not looking for God, only for myself, and that is far more complicated. God has… — Jeanette Winterson
When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment;… — Nhat Hanh

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