Buddhist Quotes

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.

You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.

The tongue like a sharp knife... kills without drawing blood.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

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

Without health life is not life; it is only a state of languor and suffering - an image of death.

Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to enlightenment.
Bell Hooks

I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.
Jet Li

I am a practicing Buddhist. I have been for 25 years.
Tina Turner

Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me.
Richard Gere

I don't know what religious people do. I kind of wished I'd been a Christian with the blind faith that God is doing the right thing. As a Buddhist, you feel like you have more control over the situation, and that you can change your karma.
Marcia Wallace

There are things that I value now that I didn't when I first went over there, like Zen Buddhism, which has become part of my life over the last couple years.
Matthew Sweet

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

On life's journey Faith is nourishment, Virtuous deeds are a shelter, Wisdom is the light by day and Right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life nothing can destroy him; If he has conquered greed nothing can limit his freedom.

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

A Buddhist or a good atheist is as acceptable to God as a good Catholic.

I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.

Unfortunately, however, I have too many desires to make a good Buddhist.

You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.

There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.

Just as the great oceans have but one taste, the taste of salt, so too there is but one taste fundamental to all true teachings of the way, and this is the taste of freedom.