He founded what we all know today as Buddhism. This religion has many intricate details that many people to this day have don’t truly understand but many still follow the path of Buddhism.
Buddha was seen as a very wise man and thousands of people chose to follow his doctrines because of the wisdom that he was proclaimed to have. One thing about Buddha that no one can deny is although he is highly misunderstood and unknown to many; his teachings are so powerful that they have lasted for over 400 hundred years.
Explore some of the Buddha quotes that were spoken centuries ago by the great Buddha himself:
Buddha Quotes
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.
-- Buddha
Do not speak harshly to any one; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful: blows for blows will touch thee.
-- Buddha
Nothing is permanent.
-- Buddha
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
-- Buddha
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
-- Buddha
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: 1.) not going all the way; and 2.) not starting.
-- Buddha
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.
-- Buddha
His success may be great, but be it ever so great the wheel of fortune may turn again and bring him down into the dust.
-- Buddha
Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.
-- Buddha
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
-- Buddha
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.
--Buddha
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
-- Buddha
The greatest prayer is patience.
-- Buddha
Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.
-- Buddha
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.
-- Buddha
Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.
-- Buddha
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
-- Buddha
To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.
-- Buddha
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
-- Buddha
There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.
--Buddha
A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.
-- Buddha
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.
-- Buddha
To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.
--Buddha
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
-- Buddha
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
-- Buddha
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
-- Buddha
When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.
-- Buddha Quotes
You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.
-- Buddha
Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.
-- Buddha
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