Quotes of Lord Buddha

Quotes on Buddha Purnima and Lord Buddha

Go through these wonderful Buddha Purnima Quotes and have an aesthetic celebration of the occassion:

On Love and Hatred:

• Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
  ~ Buddha.
• Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.
  ~ Buddha.
• Fill your mind with compassion. ~ Buddha.

On Idleness and Diligence:

• 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.
• What we think, we become.
  ~ Buddha.
• An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
  ~ Buddha.
• Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.
  ~ Buddha.
• Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
  ~ Buddha.
• He is able who thinks he is able.
  ~ Buddha.

On the value of words:

• Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
  ~ 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.
• Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
  ~ Buddha.

On health:

• Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
  ~ Buddha.
• Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.
  ~ Buddha.

On good deeds:

• Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
  ~ Buddha.
• Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.
  ~ Buddha.

On mind:

• Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
  ~ Buddha.
• An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
  ~ Buddha.
• Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
  ~ Buddha.
• All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
  ~ Buddha.
• The mind is everything. What you think you become.
  ~ Buddha.
• Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
  ~ Buddha.
• Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.
  ~ Buddha.

General Quotes:

• 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.
• A jug fills drop by drop.
  ~ Buddha.
• All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.
  ~ Buddha.
• Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others.
  ~ 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.
• Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
  ~ Buddha.
• Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
  ~ Buddha.