Buddha Quotes
Gautama Buddha
The Way is not in the sky; the Way is in the heart.
4400 Swami Satchidananda
Truth is the same always. Whoever ponders it will get the same answer. Buddha got it. Patanjali got it. Jesus got it. Mohammed got it. The answer is the same, but the method of working it out may vary this way or that. (115)
1063 Gautama Buddha
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.
1519 Sarah Vowell
I guess if I had to pick a spiritual figurehead to possess the deed to the entirety of Earth, I'd go with Buddha, but only because he wouldn't want it.
2016 Sarah Vowell
But I can no longer ready any faith's Napoleonic saber rattling without picturing smoking rubble on cable news. I guess if I had to pick a spiritual figurehead to possess the deed to the entirety of Earth, I'd go with Buddha, but only because he wouldn't want it.
1307 Mike Norton
It is not what you can do for your country, but what you can do for all of mankind.
3967 Ron Starbuck
The language of poetry is a language of deep intimacy that is meant to touch the human spirit and awaken it to the mystery of life, all life.
3746 Jerril Thomas Abraham
The elements are a way to define what abstract is; and abstract is a taught as like any other than ,what to think? and how to think? and you may begin..
3069 Pema Chödrön
Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha.
1338 Kathleen Dowling Singh
Love one another." If we took those simple words to heart, we'd already be the Buddhas Jesus wanted us to be.
3160 Elizabeth Gilbert
The Buddha referred to married people as “householders.” He even gave clear instructions as to how one should be a good householder: Be nice to your spouse, be honest, be faithful, give alms to the poor, buy some insurance against fire and flood . . . I’m dead serious: The Buddha literally advised married couples to buy property insurance.
1758 Thich Nhat Hanh
If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.
1913 Hermann Hesse
Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the calmness of his figure, in which there was no trace of seeking, desiring, imitating, or striving, only light and peace
3162 Gautama Siddharta
Embrace nothing:
If you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha.
If you meet your father, kill your father.
Only live your life as it is,
Not bound to anything.
3779 Tushar Upreti
ALWAYS BE HAPPY IS NOT IMPORTANT , WHAT IMPORTANT IS TO FIGHT THE STATE OF MIND WHICH MAKES US HAPPY OR UNHAPPY !!
2628 Gautama Buddha
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
2330 Gautama Buddha
There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.
1040 Gautama Buddha
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
1258 Neil Hayes
The sight of somebody meditating needs to become commonplace.
1288 Neil Hayes
There is a wager that we must all make; for the small stake of some rewarding mental training, we can attain lasting contentment and contribute to a positive outcome for our planet.
2941 Gautama Buddha
There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.
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