130 Buddha Quotes And Buddhist Quotes

By Maxime Lagacé

Maxime is the founder of WisdomQuotes. He has been collecting quotes since 2004. His goal? To help you develop a calm and peaceful mind. Learn more about him on his about page.

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Here are 130 of the best Buddha quotes I could find.

I hope you’ll find inspiration, peace, and wisdom with these beautiful and profound words.

Enjoy!

Top 10 Buddha Quotes

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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

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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

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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

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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

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. 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

Related

Real name: Gautama Buddha
Other names include: Siddhārtha Gautama, Siddhattha Gotama, Shakyamuni
You can find more information on Wikipedia

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Short Buddha Quotes

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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

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease. Buddha

The tongue like a sharp knife… 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

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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

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Buddha Quotes On Love And Gratitude

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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

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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

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

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 And Joy

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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

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, And Letting Go

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 Wisdom And Virtues

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The fool who knows he is a fool is that much wiser. Buddha

Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing. Buddha

Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two. Buddha

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

The true master lives in truth, in goodness and restraint, non-violence, moderation, and purity. Buddha

Offend in neither word nor deed. Eat with moderation. Live in your heart. Seek the highest consciousness. Master yourself according to the law. This is the simple teaching of the awakened. Buddha

Life is like the harp string, if it is strung too tight it won’t play, if it is too loose it hangs, the tension that produces the beautiful sound lies in the middle. Buddha

With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit. Buddha

Buddha Quotes On Change, Failure, And Suffering

Nothing is forever except change. 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. Buddha

Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering. Buddha

May all that have life be delivered from suffering. Buddha

It is easy to see the faults of others, but difficult to see one’s own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one’s own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice. Buddha

Buddha Quotes On Fear

Those attached to the notion ‘I am’ and to views roam the world offending people. Buddha

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills. Buddha

Men, driven on by thirst, run about like a snared hare; let therefore mendicant drive out thirst, by striving after passionlessness for himself. Buddha

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. Buddha

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

Buddha Quotes On Anger And Jealousy

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You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. Buddha

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

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten. Buddha

They blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is not blamed. Buddha

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

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

Buddha Quotes On Success, Patience, And Strength

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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

Buddha Quotes On Truth

Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living. Buddha

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity. Buddha

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

Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth. Buddha

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. 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

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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Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else. Buddha

We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness. Thich Nhat Hanh

Whether they know it or not, all creatures are inseparably connected. Leo Tolstoy

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Author Bio

maxime lagace

Maxime Lagacé started collecting quotes in 2004 after he lost his girlfriend in a car accident.

In search of meaning, he dived in the self-improvement world, psychology and trail running.

Books, blogs, quotes and nature became his guide.

He started journaling, reflecting, writing his thoughts, feelings and quotes.

His goal was to understand his pain, his depression, his fears, his lack of motivation and inspiration.

He finished his software engineering degree in 2007 at the École de Technologie Supérieure de Montréal.

A few years later, he started his first website to share his love of quotes.

Maxime is a father of two, husband, and INFJ.

Other notable interests of Maxime are health (mental and physical), meditation, bananas, SEO, human potential, and education.

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September 2, 2024

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