Buddhist Quotes

822 quotes by 226 authors

"All conditioned things are impermanent" - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering. — Gautama Buddha
Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts — Gautama Buddha
If you cannot find a good companion to walk with, walk alone, like an elephant roaming the jungle. It is better to be alone than… — Gautama Buddha
People with opinions just go around bothering each other. — Gautama Buddha
We will develop love, we will practice it, we will make it both a way and a basis... — Gautama Buddha
'As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.' Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill. — Gautama Buddha
A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated - this is the greatest blessing. — Gautama Buddha
All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill. — Gautama Buddha
As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the… — Gautama Buddha
As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse. — Gautama Buddha
Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise… — Gautama Buddha
Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good. — Gautama Buddha
Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal. — Gautama Buddha
He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes. — Gautama Buddha
I will not look at another's bowl intent on finding fault: a training to be observed. — Gautama Buddha
If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart. — Gautama Buddha
If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way. — Gautama Buddha
Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves. — Gautama Buddha
Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame. — Gautama Buddha
Let all-embracing thoughts for all beings be yours. — Gautama Buddha

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