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Buddha Quotes | Quotes said by Buddha

  • Buddha Quote #1

    A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.


  • Buddha Quote #2

    Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

  • Buddha Quote #3

    Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many or it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

  • Buddha Quote #4

    Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

  • Buddha Quote #5

    Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

  • Buddha Quote #6

    Emotion arise from Desire, hence an Illusion.

  • Buddha Quote #7

    Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

  • Buddha Quote #8

    First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words;
    Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher;
    Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation;
    And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure Wisdom Mind, not on judgmental perceptions.

  • Buddha Quote #9

    Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

  • Buddha Quote #10

    He who does not trust enough, will not be trusted.

  • Buddha Quote #11

    He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

  • Buddha Quote #12

    Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

  • Buddha Quote #13

    Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

  • Buddha Quote #14

    However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

  • Buddha Quote #15

    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.

  • Buddha Quote #16

    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.

  • Buddha Quote #17

    In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

  • Buddha Quote #18

    It is better to travel well than to arrive.

  • Buddha Quote #19

    Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

  • Buddha Quote #20

    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.

  • Buddha Quote #21

    Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom.

  • Buddha Quote #22

    No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

  • Buddha Quote #23

    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.

  • Buddha Quote #24

    Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

  • Buddha Quote #25

    Rule your mind or it will rule you.

  • Buddha Quote #26

    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.

  • Buddha Quote #27

    The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

  • Buddha Quote #28

    There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

  • Buddha Quote #29

    Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

  • Buddha Quote #30

    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.

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