50 Buddha Quotes To Remember

Saturday, 21 February 2015

I happened upon this awesome post that compiled 50 Buddha quotes. Here they are!
  1. “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.”- Buddha
  2. “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”- Buddha
  3. “Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” - Buddha
  4. “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.” - Buddha
  5. “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” - Buddha
  6. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” - Buddha
  7. “Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”- Buddha
  8. “Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.” - Buddha
  9. “To understand everything is to forgive everything” - Buddha
  10. “We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”-Buddha
  11. “The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.”- Buddha
  12. “You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself”- Buddha
  13. “An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.”- Buddha
  14. “When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky” - Buddha
  15. “However many holy words you read,However many you speak,What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?”- Buddha
  16. “A jug fills drop by drop.”- Buddha
  17. “The tongue like a sharp knife… Kills without drawing blood.”- Buddha
  18. “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.”- Buddha
  19. “Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.”- Buddha
  20. “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
  21. “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.”- Buddha
  22. “The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.”- Buddha
  23. “Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.”- Buddha
  24. “Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.”- Buddha
  25. “The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.”- Buddha
  26. “No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”- Buddha
  27. “The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or an
  28. ticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.”- Buddha
  29. “Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.”- Buddha
  30. “Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.”- Buddha
  31. “What we think, we become.”- Buddha
  32. “To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others”- Buddha
  33. “Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.”- Buddha
  34. “He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.”- Buddha
  35. “To keep the body in good health is a duty…otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”- Buddha
  36. “There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.”- Buddha
  37. “Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.”- Buddha
  38. “Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.”- Buddha
  39. “Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.”- Buddha
  40. “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become” - Buddha
  41. “All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?” - Buddha
  42. “Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” - Buddha
  43. “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” - Buddha
  44. “However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you If you do not act on
  45. upon them?” - Buddha
  46. “Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.” - Buddha
  47. “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” - Buddha
  48. “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.” - Buddha
  49. “If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” - Buddha
  50. “The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.” - Buddha
(via Purple Buddha Project)

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