Buddha, [Gautama Siddharta] (563 - 483 BC), Hindu Prince, founder of Buddhism Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-30] of 90 Buddha quotesBuddha QuotesBuddha Next 30 quotes 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 family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.~ 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 As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.~ Buddha Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.~ Buddha Everything changes, nothing remains without change.~ Buddha He is able who thinks he is able.~ Buddha Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.~ Buddha Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.~ Buddha Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall reach the topmost height.~ Buddha 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.~ Buddha To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.~ Buddha To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.~ Buddha Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.~ 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 Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.~ Buddha Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.~ Buddha Whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings…that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.~ Buddha Do not dwell in the past, do not dwell in the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.~ Buddha Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.~ Buddha Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.~ Buddha Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.~ Buddha A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.~ 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 Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.~ Buddha Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.~ Buddha You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together.~ Buddha Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.~ Buddha 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.~ Buddha Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.~ Buddha Next 30 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print