Buddhist Life Quotes

• 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.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Believe, Buddhism

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• The trouble is you think you have time.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Time

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• If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.

  Gautama Buddha

  Truth, Buddhism, Helping Others

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• Purity or impurity depends on oneself, no one can purify another.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Buddhist, Purity

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• As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Life, Travel

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• Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Tired, Night

  Gautama Buddha (2013). “The Dhammapada”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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• Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating compassion and learning ways to protect the lives of people, animals, plants, and minerals. I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to support any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, and in my way of life.

  Nhat Hanh

  Buddhist, Animal, Thinking

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living”, p.82, Parallax Press

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• Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wisdom, Teacher, Buddhist

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• One moment can change a day, One day can change a life and One life can change the world

  Gautama Buddha

  One Day, World, Moments

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• If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.

  Shantideva

  Buddhist, Stress, Worry

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• We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

  Dalai Lama

  Motivational, Spiritual, Peace

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• To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Inspiring, Death

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

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspiring, Wise, Buddhist

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• All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Inspiring, Wise

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

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspiring, Wise, Peace

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• However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Wise

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• Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

  Gautama Buddha

  Happiness, Happy, Buddhist

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• What you think you become.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wisdom, Life Changing, Buddhism

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• Concentrate the mind on the present moment.

  Gautama Buddha

  Life, Buddhist, Buddhism

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  If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Dalai Lama, Victor Chan (2012). “The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights”, p.11, Random House

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• All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.

  Gautama Buddha

  Karma, Buddhist, Attitude

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• My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Success, God

  "Tibet, a Guide to the Land of Fascination". Book by Trilok Chandra Majupuria and Indra Majupuria, 1988.

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

  Confucius

  Motivational, Wisdom, Buddhist

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

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Motivational, Relationship

  Gautama Buddha, “Joy”

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