Buddha Quotes

Success is more like a character than financial status

Start going—you will find the way.

Dear friends, do you know that you are lucky people? You don't have any cows to lose.

Never forget to give. If you have nothing to give, then give your love and kindness.

Yesterday was good, but let us dream and work hard to make tomorrow even better.

The language of poetry is a language of deep intimacy that is meant to touch the human spirit and awaken it to the mystery of life, all life.

I took note of the Buddha's teaching that in one sense a supposed enemy is more valuable than a friend, for an enemy teaches you things, such as forbearance, that a friend generally does not.

When you dig a well, there's no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way. You have removed enough; soon the pure water will flow," said Buddha.

Love one another." If we took those simple words to heart, we'd already be the Buddhas Jesus wanted us to be.

The ultimate success of a life depends on character and not on achievement.

Ah! Beautiful Paris! Where smiles bloom on stone.

Life is not about reality. It is about how you perceive it.

If you have any hate in your heart, you will not be able to create a society that is just.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

If you are truly in love with this world and your life, then you will lose the sense of angst.

The beauty of having faith, is that no matter what the time of day, whether it be day or night I know that someone is always there with me to give me comfort.It doesn't matter whether it is Buddha, God or Allah because whoever it is, is special to each of us. And that is the beauty of having faith.

Buddha guides my thoughts, but it's up to me to guide my life.

Fat Charlie went back to his hotel room, the colour of underwater, where his lime sat, like a small green Buddha, on the countertop."You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

We often know the truth, but rarely do we follow it.

The greatest power that a human possesses is the power of pure love.

Life is a flow of changes—transient and ephemeral.

Most people will be a great success if they focus on doing what is important and not what is urgent or pleasant.

I guess if I had to pick a spiritual figurehead to possess the deed to the entirety of Earth, I'd go with Buddha, but only because he wouldn't want it.

Just like you can’t punish anyone without punishing yourself, you can’t love anyone without loving yourself.

I love foolish people because I am not enough of a fool to not love them.

I count my blessings as follows:1) I'm alive.2) Beauty is in the world all around me.3) I share my love with everyone and not just a select few.4) I give thanks to whoever made and created us no matter which religion it my be.5) I never stop smiling, laughing and being happy.6) I try and help those who need it the most.7) I try not to hate, injure or kill anything or anyone.8) I share what I have even if I don't have a much.9) I write and share my thoughts so that it may bring comfort to other people.10) I never ask for anything for me from anyone.11) I follow the other 10 blessings.

The rain could turn to gold and still your thirst would not be slaked. Desire is unquenchable or it ends in tears, even in heaven.

A face without a smile is like a sky without a sun.

You may wonder what you can do for humanity. Humanity desperately needs peace. Be an advocate of peace and teach others to think about peace.

Your silence holds the mysterious and beautiful secrets of your life. Feel it, love it, adore it, live it, and enjoy it.

You are nothing but a reflection of your imagination. Be yourself to create a better self.

Let us dance with passion. Our hearts will be dancing with joy and the magic of the music.

Kindness! What a wonderful way to touch someone's heart.

There are more treasures hiding in between your ears than can be hidden in the whole earth.

A smile is a reflection of your dancing heart and your joyful soul.

I am neither moral or immoral. I am amoral, and I express it through my kindness.

Love someone not because of what they have, love them because of what they are.

The best teacher teaches by inspiring students to learn by showing them the ultimate purpose of learning.

Life is better when I get lost in natural beauty.

If life is a business, then you are blessed with an abundance of capital which is your unconditional love.

The Buddha’s criteria for Wise Speech include—in addition to the obvious expectation that speech be truthful— that it be timely, gentle, motivated by kindness, and helpful.

One particular aspect of Siddhartha’s revelation of the outside world has always struck me. Quite possibly he lived his first thirty years without any knowledge of number. How must he have felt, then, to see crowds of people mingling in the streets? Before that day he would not have believed that so many people existed in all the world. And what wonder it must have been to discover flocks of birds, and piles of stones, leaves on trees and blades of grass! To suddenly realise that, his whole life long, he had been kept at arm’s length from multiplicity.

Start each morning with appreciation, love, and gratitude.

What you expect, it will find the way to appear.

The Amida Buddha delivers those who recognize their own weakness and cowardice... Those who admit their own faults and above all, those who believe... A wholehearted trust in Amida Buddha gives peace of mind to those who've known despair. Even the most vicious and evil of sinners will attain salvation and be reborn in paradise... Even a piece of shit like me!

[C]ontinence is a very important part of yoga. If a handful of people come forward with strong wills, nothing is impossible. One Buddha changed half the globe; one Jesus, three quarters of the world. We all have that capacity. (140)

All that matters in life is that you are happy with where you are, what you are, and with whom you are. Everything around you will be happy and smile with you. If that isn’t success, then what is?

If you help others to be happy, nobody can steal your happiness.

No-one can own our Lord Buddha. That would be a foolish claim, but the roads that lead to him, the Way... That is a different matter. They are all filled with toll-gates, like the roads of Japan, and the monks collect the fees.

In life, every step you take is an adventure. Never fear to venture and never forget to enjoy.

Embrace nothing:If you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha.If you meet your father, kill your father.Only live your life as it is,Not bound to anything.

In order to get positive results, fill your mind with positive thoughts and take action.

If any belief or societal dogma prevents peaceful societal change or progress, that society will inevitably be victims of miserable violent changes.

You never help anyone without helping yourself. You never pick up anyone without making yourself stronger.

Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the calmness of his figure, in which there was no trace of seeking, desiring, imitating, or striving, only light and peace

Like the sun, a teacher enlightens a mind with his love, warmth, and light.

Just like love becomes consummated upon the attainment of orgasm, all the faith and divinity in the world reach their ultimate existential potential upon the attainment of Absolute Unitary Qualia or simply Absolute Godliness.

This is the answer: live moment to moment and you become a buddha.

To win, don’t compete. To love, don’t complain. To be kind, don’t judge.

Be courageous! First win the fear of failure to win the game of life.