Buddhist Quotes
822 quotes by 225 authors
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To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are…
— Gautama Buddha
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Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.
— Gautama Buddha
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Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.
— Gautama Buddha
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To understand everything is to forgive everything.
— Gautama Buddha
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To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind.…
— Gautama Buddha
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Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk…
— Gautama Buddha
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The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
— Gautama Buddha
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There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
— Gautama Buddha
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All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.
— Gautama Buddha
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Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
— Gautama Buddha
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Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.
— Gautama Buddha
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It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
— Gautama Buddha
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Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
— Gautama Buddha
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The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.
— Gautama Buddha
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To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.
— Gautama Buddha
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We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
— Gautama Buddha
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A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is…
— Gautama Buddha
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The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.
— Gautama Buddha
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The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
— Gautama Buddha
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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
— Gautama Buddha
Who Wrote These Buddhist Quotes
225 authors contributed a total of 822 Buddhist Quotes, led by these top contributors: