The best Quotes by Buddha

Never does hate get stopped through hate. Hate is stopped through love.

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

Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage act in a village.

Better than worshiping gods is obedience to the laws of righteousness.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

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

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

What we think, we become.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

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

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

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.

Tobi, even a Buddha loses its patience when insulted a third time. One more word, and there'll be no doubt about the cause of your death.

What humanity owes to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus ranks for me higher than all the achievements of the enquiring and constructive mind.
What these blessed men have given us we must guard and try to keep alive with all our strength if humanity is not to lose its dignity, the security of its existence, and its joy in living.

I wanted to do it. I wanted to take out all my anger at him. But... I couldn't. I don't know if it's because I'm too weak to do it, or if it's because I'm strong enough not to.

"It's no use fretting for what you can't get," croaked the raven. "Does being angry make any difference? Be sensible! What can you do about it?"

When we allow ourselves to be consumed with anger, the only victim is ourself.

People say a lot of things in anger. It is our choice whether or not to listen.

Hate burns fast and bright, and it might make you feel empowered for a while, but eventually it consumes whatever vessel it fuels.

There's a type of hatred that's similar to longing. It's impossible to stop.

Life's only beautiful because it's so fleeting, so transient.

I have to blow everything up! It's the only way to prove that I'm not crazy.

Sometimes you must hurt in order to know, fall in order to grow, lose in order to gain. Because life's greatest lessons are learned through pain.

Justice comes from vengeance but justice only breeds more vengeance.

Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.

I fear the day when the technology overlaps with our humanity. The world will only have a generation of idiots.

Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don't have all the answers to think that they do.

Religion, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens

If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.

Sometimes in life when you get what you want, you end up missing what you left behind.

What began as a common desire to secure wilderness for people to enjoy, has become a worldwide movement to preserve these areas for future generations. They're a place to escape the burdens of everyday life and an inspiration for our children. They're a haven for endangered species and a hotbed for scientific research.

You must be the self-appointed Queen Bee. Interesting thing about bees. Pull out their stingers, they drop dead.

Honey is an excellent motivator.

Are you telling me that you stop believing in the moon when the sun comes up?

Lies are comforting. Truth is painful.

Hope is like the sun. If you only believe in it when you can see it, you'll never make it through the night.

People spend more time talking than thinking.

The future is easy because it doesn't exist; but the past is painful because it lives forever.

Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe you have to let go of who you were, to become who you will be.

Saphira: "Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now."

All of the world's darkness isn't enough to extinguish one candle's light.

For poetry, more than any other art, except music, has a compelling hold upon the spiritual side of life.

We've all got both light and dark inside of us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.

I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I'm voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.