Buddhist Quotes

822 Buddhist quotes by 218 unique authors

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. — Dalai Lama
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. — Dalai Lama
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. — Dalai Lama
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our… — Dalai Lama
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent. — Dalai Lama
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion. — Dalai Lama
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis. — Dalai Lama
We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily. — Dalai Lama
I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less. — Dalai Lama
I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for… — Dalai Lama
I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some… — Damian Lewis
During meditation your metabolism and your breath rate go down to a level of rest, twice that of deep sleep. — Mike Love
A lot of the powerful religious leaders, from Jesus to Buddha to Tibetan monks, they're really talking about the same things: love and acceptable, and… — Jena Malone
I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put… — Henri Matisse
What I find is that we're all human beings and that it's all very similar, what we believe. At the bottom, there's really not that… — Dennis Quaid
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

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