Browsing Topic Best Inspirational Buddhist Quotes

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

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

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

On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property.

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

Believe nothing,No matter where you read it,Or who has said it,Not even if I have said it,Unless it agrees with your own reasonAnd your own common sense.

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.

The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.

There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.

Watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings.

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

By your own efforts waken yourself, watch yourself. And live joyfully.

If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

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

If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.

There is no fire like passion: there is no evil and hatred.

Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to everyone else

One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble.

Concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Why do what you will regret? Why bring tears upon yourself? Do only what you do not regret, And fill yourself with joy.

To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.

With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit.

There is no fire like passionNo crime like hatred,No sorrow like separation,No sickness like hunger,And no joy like the joy of freedom.

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.

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

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

Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no other refuge.

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

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.

Born out of concern for all beings.

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