A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering. — Buddha
He who knows others is wise.He who knows himself is enlightened. — Lao Tzu
The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm. — Confucius
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment. — Lao Tzu
The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world. — Zhuangzi
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment. — Lao Tzu
Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root. — Robert Burns
Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either. — Bodhidharma
Those who are truly wise will remain unmoved by feelings of happiness and suffering, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, gain and loss.They will remain calm like the eye of a hurricane. — Buddha
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability. — Chanakya
The good and the wise lead quiet lives. — Euripides
Short Wise Buddhist Quotes
Wisdom accepts that all things have two sides — Carl Jung
Buddhism teaches you to embrace change. — Koo Stark
Some folks are wise and some otherwise. — Josh Billings
Be happy. It's one way of being wise. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
True wisdom listens more, talks less and can get along with all types of people. — Kiana Tom
Some folks are wise and some are otherwise. — Tobias Smollett
Wise Buddhist Image Quotes
The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood. — Buddha
Do not correct a fool or he will hate you. Correct a wise man and he will appreciate you.
Wise Quotes
Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you'd ever imagined. Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself — Rumi
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. — Charles Spurgeon
A very wise quote is a spectacular waterfall! When you see it, you feel its power! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions. — Claude Levi-Strauss
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. — Albert Einstein
Be strong enough to stand alone, be yourself enough to stand apart, but be wise enough to stand together when the time comes.
A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her. — Helen Rowland
A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything. — African Proverbs
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind. — Albert Schweitzer
Good Buddhist Quotes
If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good. — Shantideva
However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them? — 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
Fools live to regret their words, the wise regret their silence.
Since everything is but an apparition, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out in laughter. — Longchenpa
Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind. — Sakyong Mipham
Saints and ordinary folks are the same from the start. Inquiring about a difference is like asking to borrow string when you've got a good strong rope. Every Dharma is known in the heart. — Hsu Yun
A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything.
I see no contradiction between Buddhism and Christianity ... I intend to become as good a Buddhist as I can. — Thomas Merton
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. — Buddha
If you cannot find a good companion to walk with, walk alone, like an elephant roaming the jungle. It is better to be alone than to be with those who will hinder your progress. — Buddha
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. — Buddha
Buddhist Life Quotes
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared. — Buddha
Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other. — Dalai Lama
I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done. — Marie Curie
Fools take the knife and stab people in the back. The wise take a knife, cut the cord and free themselves from the fools.
We suffer because we want life to be different from what it is. We suffer because we try to make pleasurable what is painful, to make solid what is fluid, to make permanent what is always changing. — Sakyong Mipham
Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life. — Dogen
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality. — Dalai Lama
One moment can change a day, One day can change a life and One life can change the world — Buddha
If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path. — Buddha
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day. — A. A. Milne
Real Buddhist Quotes
There is no fire like passion
No crime like hatred,
No sorrow like separation,
No sickness like hunger,
And no joy like the joy of freedom. — Buddha
Master your words. Master your thoughts. Never allow your body to do harm. Follow these three roads with purity And you will find yourself upon the one way, The way of wisdom. — Buddha
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. — Buddha
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
How easy it is to see your brother's faults, How hard it is to face your own. — Buddha
The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent distances in a picture, things have no reality in themselves, but they are like heat haze. — Buddha
A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure. — Dalai Lama
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise man grows it under his feet.
Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love. — Buddha
Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison. — Buddha
There is no fire like passion: there is no evil and hatred. — Buddha
Whatever is subject to origination is all subject to cessation. — Buddha
Buddhist Quotes
Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. — Dalai Lama
The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. — Dogen
Every civilization:
Hindu, Buddhist, Confucianist, Christian, Jewish and Muslim, all of them understood that LEARNING was to make a BETTER HUMAN BEING, LEARNING was NOT to MAKE MORE MONEY;
It was to make a BETTER HUMAN BEING. — Hamza Yusuf
Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.
Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. — Confucius
All rising to great places is by a winding stair. — Buddha
My religion is to live and die without regret. — Milarepa
To admit you were wrong is to declare you are wiser now than before.
Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing. — Ajahn Chah
All meditation must begin with arousing deep compassion. Whatever one does must emerge from an attitude of love and benefitting others. — Milarepa
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. — Buddha
That which you give to another will become your own sustenance; if you light a lamp for another, your own way will be lit. — Nichiren
Wise Chinese Quotes
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. — Grantland Rice
Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne. — Pearl S. Buck
Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous. — Confucius
Teachers open the door ... you enter by yourself. — Confucius
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name. — Confucius
You're birthday reminds me of the old Chinese scholar..... Yung No Mo — Dana Rosemary Scallon
The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived. — Confucius
If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand. — Confucius
When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere. — Calvin Trillin
Buddhist Philosophy Quotes
"All conditioned things are impermanent" - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering. — Buddha
I follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go. — Sheng-yen
If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him. — Buddha
To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. — Buddha
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker. — Buddha
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill. — 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
All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things. — Akkineni Nagarjuna
From the high spiritual flights of the Vedanta philosophy, of which the latest discoveries of science seem like echoes, to the low ideas of idolatry with its multifarious mythology, the agnosticism of the Buddhists and the atheism of the Jains, each and all have a place in the Hinduism religion. — Swami Vivekananda
Zen Buddhist Quotes
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself. — Matsuo Basho
In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Mind is everything. What we think, we become. — Buddha
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. — Buddha
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun. — Alan Watts
Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. — Buddha
Harmonizing opposites by going back to their source is the distinctive quality of the Zen attitude, the Middle Way: embracing contradictions, making a synthesis of them, achieving balance. — Taisen Deshimaru
Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everythiong else. — Buddha
To say one is revolutionary is a little like saying one is a Zen Buddhist - if you say you are, you probably aren't. — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The greatest effort is not concerned with results. — Atisa
Buddhism Quotes
If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? — Dogen
Do not encumber your mind with useless thoughts. What good does it do to brood on the past or anticipate the future? Remain in the simplicity of the present moment. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher. — Pema Chodron
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create disticntions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true. — Buddha
On the day that you were born, you began to die. Do not waste a single moment more! — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. — Buddha
Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else. — Shunryu Suzuki
Learn to be happy in any and all circumstances, whether you're experiencing pleasure or pain, whether there's loss or gain, whether the world loves you or hates you. Learn to be happy. — Frederick Lenz
Life is fragile, like the dew hanging delicately on the grass, crystal drops that will be carried away on the first morning breeze. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
I've tried Buddhism, Scientology, Numerology, Transcendental Meditation, Qabbala, t'ai chi, feng shui and Deepak Chopra but I find straight gin works best. — Phyllis Diller
Wise Life Quotes
Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay. — Dalai Lama
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. — Socrates
There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself. — Laurell K. Hamilton
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. — Viktor E. Frankl
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's. — Joseph Campbell
Effort is one of those things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willing to work for it. — Carol S. Dweck
Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different. — C. S. Lewis
The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it. — Thomas S. Monson
Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. — Bill Nye
No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life. It is the understanding and application of wise thought which counts. — Bob Proctor
Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside. — Tenzin Palmo
You are never alone or helpless. The force that guides the stars guides you too. — Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed out, a foolish man will not only disregard the advice but rather repeat the same error. — Buddha
Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do. — Buddha
Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow. — Sakyong Mipham
For ages this idea has been proclaimed in the consummately wise teachings of religion, probably not alone as a means of insuring peace and harmony among men, but as a deeply founded truth. The Buddhist expresses it in one way, the Christian in another, but both say the same: We are all one. — Nikola Tesla
The fragrance of sandalwood and rosebay does not travel far. But the fragrance of virtue rises to the heavens. — Buddha
The wise say that it is not an iron, wooden or fiber fetter which is a strong one, but the besotted hankering after trinkets, children and wives, that, say the wise, is the strong fetter. It drags one down, and loose as it feels, it is hard to break. Breaking this fetter, people renounce the world, free from longing and abandoning sensuality. — Buddha
Our future experiences will be colored by the choices we make in the present. — Noah Levine
All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become. — Buddha
Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame. — Buddha
We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves. — Pema Chodron
It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others. — Dalai Lama
With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit. — Buddha
Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart. — Buddha
To understand everything is to forgive everything. — Buddha
The root of suffering is attachment — Buddha
Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good. — Buddha
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant. — Buddha
Concentrate the mind on the present moment. — Buddha
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. — Buddha
Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little. — Buddha
Through vigilance, restraint and control the wise will construct and island that no flood will overcome. — Buddha
Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two. — Buddha
Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial. — Buddha
There is no satisfying the senses, not even with a shower of money. "The senses are of slight pleasure and really suffering." When a wise man has realised this, he takes no pleasure, as a disciple of the Buddhas, even in the pleasures of heaven. Instead he takes pleasure in the elimination of craving. — Buddha
Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem, but you sow the seeds for another. — Dalai Lama
The point of the spiritual revolution is not to become a good Buddhist, but to become a wise and compassionate human being, to awaken from our life of complacency and ignorance and to be a buddha. — Noah Levine
Let the wise one control his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, often elusive, and they rush about frantically: a mind well controlled achieves peace and happiness. — Buddha
A jug fills drop by drop. — Buddha
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