Buddha Quotes

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

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

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

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 your own common sense.

The trouble is, you think you have time.

Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

Every morning we are born again. What we do today matters most.

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

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

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

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

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

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

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

Buddha Quotes part 2

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

The problem is, you think you have time.

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

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

The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There’s only one moment for you to live.

You only lose what you cling to.

A jug fills drop by drop.

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.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

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

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.

One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.

The mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness.

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

The only way to find true happiness is to give it to others.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

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

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

The root of suffering is attachment.

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

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

You only lose what you cling to.

True love is born from understanding.

To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

Radiate boundless love towards the entire world.

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.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.