50 Buddha Quotes That Will Enlighten You

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50 Best Buddha Quotes

1. “Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness. Conquer meanness with generosity. Conquer dishonesty with truth.” – Buddha

2. “No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” – Buddha

3. “What we think, we become.” – Buddha

4. “One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble.” – Buddha

5. “There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.” – Buddha

6. “Some do not understand that we must die, but those who do realize this settle their quarrels.” – Buddha

7. “Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.” – Buddha

8. “In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west, people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.” – Buddha

9. “Three things cannot be long hidden: The sun, the moon, and the truth.” – Buddha

10. “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 and fall of things.” – Buddha

11. “Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.” – Buddha

12. “Long is the night to him who is awake. Long is a mile to him who is tired. Long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.” – Buddha

13.“Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.” – Buddha

14. “Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.” – Buddha

15. “The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.” – Buddha

16. “Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it.” – Buddha

17. “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” – Buddha

18. “There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth, not going all the way, and not starting.” – Buddha

19. “I will not look at another’s bowl intent on finding fault: a training to be observed.” – Buddha

20. “If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” – Buddha

21. “In whom there is no sympathy for living beings, know him as an outcast.” – Buddha

22. “What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow. Our life is the creation of our mind.” – Buddha

23. “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.” – Buddha

24. “Whoever doesn’t flare up at someone who’s angry wins a battle hard to win.” – Buddha

25. “Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one’s own acts, done and undone.” – Buddha

30. “One moment can change a day, one day can change a life and one life can change the world.” – Buddha

31. “Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.” – Buddha

32. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha

33. “He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.” – Buddha

34. “All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?” – Buddha

35. “Do not dwell on the past. Do not dream of the future. Concentrate your thoughts on the present moment.” – Buddha

36. “Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all.” – Buddha

37. “May all beings have happy minds.” – Buddha

38. “To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.” – Buddha

39. “Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is awakened.” – Buddha

40. “If you propose to speak always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind.” – Buddha

41. “Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that ‘I must lead all the beings to nirvana, into that realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind’. “ – Buddha

42. “To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.” – Buddha

43. “Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts!” – Buddha

44. “However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?” – Buddha

45. “The instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.” – Buddha

46. “Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure.” – Buddha

47. “Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.” – Buddha

48. “Nothing ever exists entirely alone, everything is in relation to everything else.” – Buddha

49. “Should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let them resolutely pursue a solitary course.” – Buddha

50. “An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.” – Buddha

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