Some Great Buddha Quotes


"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 common sense."

“I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.”

"If you light a lamp for someone else it will also brighten your path."

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

“The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.”

“The tongue like a sharp knife … Kills without drawing blood.”

"Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love."

“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.”

“It is better to travel well than to arrive.”

“What we think,we become."

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

“It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.”

"Live every act fully, as if it were your last."

“Open your eyes and you will see the beauty of the Universe. Open your mind and you will understand the Universe. Open your heart and the Universe is yours.”

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