Top 10 Quotes – Short – Life – Love – Mind – Happiness – Meditation – Peace – Success – Health – Visuals – Takeaways – Video – Further Readings
Here are 130 of the best Buddha quotes.
You’ll love these quotes if:
- You want more peace and less suffering in your life
- You want to understand your mind and emotions
- You want to let go of anger, fear, and attachment
But first, who was Buddha (c. 5th century BCE)?
- His real name was Siddhartha Gautama
- He was the founder of Buddhism
- He taught that wisdom, compassion, and letting go can free us from suffering
One thing I love about Buddha’s teachings is their profound simplicity.
His wisdom shows us that peace doesn’t come from controlling the world, but from understanding ourselves.
I hope these quotes will help you find more clarity, happiness, and inner peace.
Enjoy!
Top 10 Buddha Quotes
There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires. Buddha
To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance. Buddha
If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart. Buddha
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. Buddha
Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self. Buddha
Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. Buddha
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. 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. Buddha
If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us? Buddha
One who acts on truth is happy in this world and beyond. Buddha
More Quotes By Buddha
The root of suffering is attachment. Buddha
The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest. Buddha
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely. Buddha
Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth. Buddha
Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves. Buddha
Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame. Buddha
If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. Buddha
You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way. Buddha
Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded. Buddha
Meditate… do not delay, lest you later regret it. Buddha
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. Buddha
Delight in meditation and solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker. Buddha
Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes. Buddha
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. Buddha
If you propose to speak always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind. Buddha
Stop, stop. Do not speak. The ultimate truth is not even to think. Buddha
Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes. Buddha
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. Buddha
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals. Buddha
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Short Buddha Quotes
Wear your ego like a loose fitting garment. Buddha
Attachment leads to suffering. Buddha
May all beings have happy minds. Buddha
What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now. Buddha
Give, even if you only have a little. Buddha
The more desires one has, the more they will suffer. Buddha
Every human being is the author of his own health or disease. Buddha
The tongue is like a sharp knife, it kills without drawing blood Buddha
The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. Buddha
A jug fills drop by drop. Buddha
Buddha Quotes About Life
Live every act fully, as if it were your last. Buddha
One moment can change a day, one day can change a life and one life can change the world. Buddha
She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair. Buddha
Purity or impurity depends on oneself. No one can purify another. Buddha
To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple livelihood; this is the good luck. Buddha
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill. Buddha
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. Buddha
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. Buddha
Buddha Quotes On Love And Gratitude
True love is born from understanding. Buddha
Love is a gift of one’s inner most soul to another so both can be whole. Buddha
Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law. Buddha
Kindness should become the natural way of life, not the exception. Buddha
Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is a pleasant thing. Buddha
Radiate boundless love towards the entire world. Buddha
When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself. Buddha
One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble. Buddha
In whom there is no sympathy for living beings: know him as an outcast. Buddha
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful. Buddha
Buddha Quotes On Mind And Mastering Yourself
He is able who thinks he is able. Buddha
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. Buddha
Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts! Buddha
Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride. Buddha
There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind. Buddha
A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated — this is the greatest blessing. Buddha
You are a seeker. Delight in the mastery of your hands and your feet, of your words and your thoughts. Buddha
All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind. Buddha
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. Buddha
As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind. Buddha
All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain? Buddha
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
The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men. Buddha
Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. Buddha
Related: Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom (Amazon book)
Buddha Quotes On Happiness
There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path. Buddha
Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others. Buddha
The enlightened one, intent on jhana, should find delight in the forest, should practice jhana at the foot of a tree, attaining his own satisfaction. Buddha
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
It is in the nature of things that joy arises in a person free from remorse. Buddha
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha(Related: 10 Tips to Start Living in the Present, becomingminimalist.com)
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
Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy. Buddha
Buddha Quotes On Meditation And Spirituality
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. Buddha
Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom. Buddha
Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else. Buddha
Without any interruption, practice meditation. Meditation includes not only sitting. Every moment of one’s life is meditation. This means to experience the oneness of yourself, time, and place. Buddha
Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom. Buddha
Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness. Buddha
Buddha Quotes On Peace, Forgiveness
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace. Buddha
Resolutely train yourself to attain peace. Buddha
He who sits alone, sleeps alone, and walks alone, who is strenuous and subdues himself alone, will find delight in the solitude of the forest. Buddha
Do not turn away what is given you, nor reach out for what is given to others, lest you disturb your quietness. Buddha
Buddha Quotes On Success, Patience, And Strength
Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. Buddha
Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure. Buddha
As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse. Buddha
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
In separateness lies the world’s greatest misery; in compassion lies the world’s true strength. Buddha
Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up. Buddha
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
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. Buddha
Buddha Quotes On Health
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. Buddha
To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. Buddha
Without health life is not life; it is only a state of languor and suffering – an image of death. Buddha
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, not to anticipate the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. Buddha
Conclusion
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. Buddha
Visuals For Buddha
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. Buddha
Key Takeaways From Buddha’s Quotes
- Buddha’s most important message? Life is suffering, but there’s also a way out.
- The root of suffering? Attachments (to things, thoughts, people, ideas, etc.).
- What leads to inner peace?
- Self-knowledge
- Not depending on others
- Understanding your mind, desires, and thoughts
- Living a life of freedom is possible if you stop seeking validation from others.
- Watch your thoughts and your words. They become your reality.
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Further Readings
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- Eastern Philosophies – Buddha (6-minute video)
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