Buddhist Quotes - Page 14

• 

  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, Children, Real

  107 Copy quote

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

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspiring, Karma, Wise

  15 Copy quote

• The perpetuators of the Buddha dharma have a moral responsibility to the rest of humanity to be at the forefront of the change away from blood-letting and killing, and not surreptitiously fostering it because of their lack of will to change their habits or mode of thinking concerning the animal kingdom.

  Bodo Balsys

  Responsibility, Animal, Thinking

  Bodo Balsys (2006). “Karma and the Rebirth of Consciousness”, Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Limited

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• We are the same as plants, as trees, as other people, as the rain that falls. We consist of that which is around us, we are the same as everything.

  Gautama Buddha

  Rain, Fall, People

  18 Copy quote

• The cause of all pain and suffering is ignorance.

  Gautama Buddha

  Pain, Inspiration, Ignorance

  24 Copy quote

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

  Edward de Bono

  Creativity, Buddhism, Ideas

  Edward De Bono (1992). “Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas”, Harpercollins

  24 Copy quote

  Show source

• Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.

  Gautama Buddha

  Helping Others, Compassion, Suffering Of Others

  24 Copy quote

• Mindfulness gives you time. Time gives you choices. Choices, skillfully made, lead to freedom. You don't have to be swept away by your feeling. You can respond with wisdom and kindness rather than habit and reactivity.

  Henepola Gunaratana

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Time

  Bhante Henepola Gunaratana (2010). “Beyond Mindfulness in Plain English: An Introductory Guide to Deeper States of Meditation”, p.43, ReadHowYouWant.com

  131 Copy quote

  Show source

• You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.

  Cameron Diaz

  Silence, Sunrise, Dawn

  33 Copy quote

• The Buddhists think that, because we've all had infinite previous lives, we've all been each other's relatives. Therefore all of you, in the Buddhist view, in some previous life ... have been my mother - for which I do apologize for the trouble I caused you.

  Robert Thurman

  God, Mother, Thinking

  15 Copy quote

• Fans of different races, castes, ethnicities and religions who together celebrate their diversity by uniting for a common national cause. They are my foundation, they are my family. I will play my cricket for them. Their spirit is the true spirit of cricket. With me are all my people. I am Tamil, Sinhalese, Muslim and Burgher. I am a Buddhist, a Hindu, a follower of Islam and Christianity. I am today, and always, proudly Sri Lankan

  Kumar Sangakkara

  Race, Ethnicity, Play

  "The Spin's cricket moments of 2011" by Andy Bull, www.theguardian.com. December 20, 2011.

  74 Copy quote

  Show source

• While the primary function of formal Buddhist meditation is to create the possibility of the experience of "being," my work as a therapist has shown me that the demands of intimate life can be just as useful as meditation in moving people toward this capacity. Just as in formal meditation, intimate relationships teach us that the more we relate to each other as objects, the greater our disappointment. The trick, as in meditation, is to use this disappointment to change the way we relate.

  Mark Epstein

  Disappointment, Moving, Intimate Relationships

  Mark Epstein (2006). “Open to Desire: The Truth About What the Buddha Taught”, p.89, Penguin

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• I myself am a Buddhist, not a Christian. But I cannot help but think that if Christ ran a public establishment, it would be open to all, and He would be the last to refuse service to anyone. It is, simply put, the most un-Christian of notions.

  George Takei

  God, Christian, Religious

  72 Copy quote

• Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Kindness, Believe

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.69, Penguin Books India

  44 Copy quote

  Show source

• In Buddhism, both learning and practice are extremely important, and they must go hand in hand. Without knowledge, just to rely on faith, faith, and more faith is good but not sufficient. So the intellectual part must definitely be present. At the same time, strictly intellectual development without faith and practice, is also of no use. It is necessary to combine knowledge born from study with sincere practice in our daily lives. These two must go together.

  Dalai Lama

  Learning, Buddhism, Hands

  15 Copy quote

• Even offering three hundred bowls of food three times a day does not match the spiritual merit gained in one moment of love.

  Akkineni Nagarjuna

  Spiritual, Offering, Three

  7 Copy quote

• If we are not empty, we become a block of matter. We cannot breathe, we cannot think. To be empty means to be alive, to breathe in and to breathe out. We cannot be alive if we are not empty. Emptiness is impermanence, it is change. We should not complain about impermanence, because without impermanence, nothing is possible.

  Nhat Hanh

  Block, Mean, Thinking

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2012). “Awakening of the Heart: Essential Buddhist Sutras and Commentaries”, p.421, Parallax Press

  54 Copy quote

  Show source

• Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Ambition, Like Love

  13 Copy quote

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

  Gautama Buddha

  Life, Wisdom, Spiritual

  57 Copy quote

• Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

  Dalai Lama

  Happiness, Happy, Mean

  26 Copy quote

• A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.163, Vintage

  87 Copy quote

  Show source

• If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.

  Gautama Buddha

  Hurt, Ifs

  33 Copy quote

• According to Buddhist practice, there are three stages or steps. The initial stage is to reduce attachment towards life. The second stage is the elimination of desire and attachment to this samsara. Then in the third stage, self-cherishing is eliminated

  Dalai Lama

  Attachment, Self, Practice

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.39, Penguin Books India

  16 Copy quote

  Show source

• If we do not create inner peace, outer peace is not possible.

  Tsem Tulku

  Inspiration, Inner Peace, Ifs

  22 Copy quote

• In this world Hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, Ancient and inexhaustible.

  Gautama Buddha

  Hate, Law, World

  93 Copy quote