Buddha’s Quotes

Buddha

Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was an ascetic and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the eastern part of ancient India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE.

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56 Quotes

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

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

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"Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts."

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"However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?"

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"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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"What you are is what you have been. What you will be is what you do now."

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"The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart."

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"The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground."

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"You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself."

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

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"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."

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"Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care."

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"If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path."

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

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"If you propose to speak, always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind."

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"He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye."

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"It is better to travel well than to arrive."

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"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."

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"In separateness lies the world's great misery, in compassion lies the world's true strength."

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

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"No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again."

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"Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others."

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"Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind."

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"Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence."

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"In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true."

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"Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom."

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"An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea."

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"Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others."

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

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

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

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"You only lose what you cling to."

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"What we think, we become."

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"When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky."

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"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."

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"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become."

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"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."

— Buddha

"Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it."

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

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"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

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

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"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

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"He is able who thinks he is able."

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"Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace."

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"Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others."

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

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"The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character."

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"To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear."

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"To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as ones own in the midst of abundance."

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"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it."

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

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"A jug fills drop by drop."

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"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change."

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"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."

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

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

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