Buddha Quotes And Sayings

by allinspiration.com

Here is a collection of Buddha quotes and sayings. Gautama Buddha (or Siddh?rtha Gautama or Shakyamuni) was a sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. Learn from this great spiritual teacher.

“A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.”
– Buddha

“A jug fills drop by drop.”
– Buddha

“A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.”
– Buddha

“A man is not a great man because he is a warrior and kills other men; but because he hurts not any living being he in truth is called a great man.”
– Buddha

“A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.”
– Buddha

“All beings fear before danger, life is dear to all. When a man considers this, he does not kill or cause to kill.”
– Buddha

“All compounded things are subject to decay. Strive with diligence!”
– Buddha

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.”
– Buddha

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.”
– Buddha

“All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.”
– Buddha

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

“Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.”
– Buddha

“An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.”
– Buddha

“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

“As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.”
– Buddha

“Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.”
– Buddha

“Behind every smile there’s teeth.”
– Buddha

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
– Buddha

“Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live as hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.”
– Buddha

“Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.”
– Buddha

“But truly, Ananda, it is nothing strange that human beings should die.”
– Buddha

“By doing evil, one defiles oneself; by avoiding evil, one purifies oneself. Purity and impurity depend upon oneself: no one can purify another.”
– Buddha

“By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.”
– Buddha

“Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.”
– Buddha

“Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.”
– Buddha

“Corporeality is transient, feeling is transient, perception is transient, mental formations are transient, consciousness is transient.”
– Buddha

“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. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. 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

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

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

“Do not speak harshly to any one; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful: blows for blows will touch thee.”
– Buddha

“Do not what is evil. Do what is good. Keep your mind pure. This is the teaching.”
– Buddha

“Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial.”
– Buddha

“Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.”
– Buddha

“Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.”
– Buddha

“Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.”
– Buddha

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