Gautama Buddha
Spiritual Teacher
"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared."
Buddhist quotes
Buddhist
1.3K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Dalai Lama
Spiritual Leader
"Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions."
Confucius
Philosopher
"Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."
Dalai Lama
Spiritual Leader
"Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality."
Gautama Buddha
Spiritual Teacher
"All rising to great places is by a winding stair."
Explore further
Topics related to Buddhist
Browse quotes that often appear alongside buddhist — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Buddhist quotes (page 1 of 67)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"By whomsoever no evil is done in deed, or word, or thought, him I call a Brahmin (holy man) who is guarded in these three."
Read quote
126 likes
"Reconciliation is to understand both sides; to go to one side and describe the suffering being endured by the other side, and then go to the other side and describe the suffering being endured by the first side."
Read quote
113 likes
"So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications."
Read quote
112 likes
"It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens."
Read quote
109 likes
"If you let cloudy water settle, it will become clear. If you let your upset mind settle, your course will also become clear."
Read quote
109 likes
"Be a light unto yourself."
Read quote
104 likes
"As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world"
Read quote
100 likes
"People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle."
Read quote
98 likes
"A brahmin once asked The Blessed One: "Are you a God?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "Are you a saint?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "Are you a magician?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "What are you then?" "I am awake.""
Read quote
97 likes
"If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad."
Read quote
91 likes
"In this world Hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, Ancient and inexhaustible."
Read quote
91 likes
"Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment."
Read quote
91 likes
"Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men."
Read quote
90 likes
"Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion."
Read quote
89 likes
"Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others."
Read quote
89 likes
"(The real brahmin is the one who:) ... has crossed beyond duality ...knows no this shore, other shore, or both ...(is) settled in mind ... without inflowing thoughts ...is without attachment ...endures undisturbed criticism, ill-treatment and bonds, (and is) strong in patience ...(is) without anger, devout, upright, free from craving, disciplined and in his last body ...has experienced the end of his suffering here in this life, who has set down the burden, freed!"
Read quote
88 likes
"I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less."
Read quote
87 likes
"Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own."
Read quote
86 likes
"Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do."
Read quote
83 likes
"The Buddhist expresses it in one way, the Christian in another, but both say the same: We are all one."
Read quote
81 likes