Buddhism Quotes

• If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

  Pema Chodron

  Teacher, Inspirational Love, Peace

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• We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

  Dalai Lama

  Motivational, Spiritual, Peace

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  People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.

  Nhat Hanh

  Motivational, Buddhist, Children

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• The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description.

  Albert Einstein

  Meaningful, Spiritual, Religious

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

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Life, Buddhist

  Gautama Buddha (2016). “Zen Dogs”, p.126, Mango Media Inc.

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

  Gautama Buddha

  Truth, Helping Others, Light

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• Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Business, Compassion

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• I follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go.

  Sheng-yen

  Inspirational, Letting Go, Buddhist

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• The greatest achievement is selflessness.
  The greatest worth is self-mastery.
  The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
  The greatest precept is continual awareness.
  The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
  The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
  The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
  The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
  The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
  The greatest patience is humility.
  The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
  The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
  The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

  Atisa

  Letting Go, Humility, Passion

  "Perspectives on Mankind's Search for Meaning". Book by Walter Taminang, p. 63, 2008.

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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. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.

  Gautama Buddha

  Love, Inspirational, Buddhist

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

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspiring, Wise, Peace

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• With our thoughts we make the world.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Change, Spiritual

  Gautama Buddha (2016). “Zen Dogs”, p.36, Mango Media Inc.

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• If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.

  Nhat Hanh

  Love, Inspirational, Buddhist

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2010). “Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.80, Random House

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• In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious

  Tina Turner

  Conscious, Rhythm, Subconscious

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

  Gautama Buddha

  Believe, Sky, Calm Mind

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  If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Dalai Lama, Victor Chan (2012). “The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights”, p.11, Random House

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• The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.

  Gautama Buddha

  Integrity, World, Way

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• The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

  Atisa

  Appearance, Things Are Not What They Seem, Greatest Wisdom

  "Perspectives on Mankind's Search for Meaning". Book by Walter Taminang, p. 63, 2008.

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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?

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Wise

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• Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

  Nhat Hanh

  Happiness, Peace, Thinking

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• Smile, breathe and go slowly.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspirational, Life, Positivity

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• To understand everything is to forgive everything.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Positive, Forgiveness

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

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Buddhist, War

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• 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.

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Dog, Buddhist

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