Words matter. These are the best Buddha Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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 safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world.
Better than worshiping gods is obedience to the laws of righteousness.
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
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. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
The foolish man conceives the idea of ‘self.’ The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of ‘self;’ thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
A jug fills drop by drop.
All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
The mind is everything. What you think you become.
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world – a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.
When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone.
Of those beings who live in ignorance, shut up and confined, as it were, in an egg, I have first broken the eggshell of ignorance and alone in the universe obtained the most exalted, universal Buddhahood.
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 diligent.
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering – an image of death.
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.
