Buddha quotes

“Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.”

— Buddha

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

— Buddha

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

— Buddha

“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.”

— Buddha

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

— Buddha

“He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.”

— Buddha

“Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.”

— Buddha

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

— Buddha

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

— Buddha

“Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.”

— Buddha

“To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”

— Buddha

“What we think, we become.”

— Buddha

“Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.”

— Buddha

“Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.”

— Buddha

“When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.”

— Buddha

“To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.”

— Buddha

“Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.”

— Buddha

“The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.”

— Buddha

“There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.”

— Buddha

“The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.”

— Buddha

“What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?”

— Buddha

“The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.”

— Buddha

“Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.”

— Buddha

“Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.”

— Buddha