Buddhist Quotes

822 quotes by 218 authors

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21) — Nhat Hanh
Whether one is rich or poor, educated or illiterate, religious or nonbelieving, man or woman, black, white, or brown, we are all the same. Physically,… — Dalai Lama
I knew a Buddhist once, and I've hated myself ever since. — Hunter S. Thompson
[S]he believed that the Buddhists were rightâ€“that if you want, you will suffer; if you love, you will grieve. (68) — Anne Lamott
I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the monkey mind. The thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Suffering is universal. itâ€™s the one thing Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about. — John Green
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You donâ€™t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. — Nhat Hanh
note the similarities with buddhism a buddhist who has achieved nirvana is not sad primarily because it does not know the concept of sad [...] — Tao Lin
Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew. — Mahatma Gandhi
My experience with forgiveness is that it sort of comes spontaneously at a certain point and to try to force it it's not really forgiveness.… — Pema Chodron
Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truth--penultimate because the ultimate… — Joseph Campbell
Your breathing should flow gracefully, like a river, like a watersnake crossing the water, and not like a chain of rugged mountains or the gallop… — Nhat Hanh
God is not a Christian, God is not a Jew, or a Muslim, or a Hindu, or a Buddhist. All of those are human systems… — John Shelby Spong
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality. — Dalai Lama
Whether you believe in God or not does not matter so much, whether you believe in Buddha or not does not matter so much; as… — Dalai Lama
Dada is not modern at all, it is rather a return to a quasi-Buddhist religion of indifference. Dada puts an artificial sweetness onto things, a… — Tristan Tzara
The question has often been asked; Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy? It does not matter what you call it. Buddhism remains what it… — Walpola Rahula
...But there's always suffering, Pudge. Homework or malaria or having a boyfriend who lives far away when there's a good-looking boy lying next to you.… — John Green
A wise man once told me- heâ€™s a muslim by the way- that he has more in common with a jew than he does a… — Gregory David Roberts
An outrageous instinct to love and be loved blinded your arms to lines of proprietyâ€“â€“Women and Men, Christians and Jews, Muslims and Buddhists, white, black,… — Aberjhani

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