Inspiring Buddhist Sayings, Mostly From Buddha Himself

by allinspiration.com

“It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles,because the victory is yours it cannot be taken from you angels or demons, heaven or hell.”
– Buddha

“It is better to travel well than to arrive.”
– Buddha

“It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness that makes it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the pain of suffering causes the greatest fear.”
– Buddha

“It is in this way that I went forth to teach.”
– Buddha

“It is you who must make the effort. Masters only point the way.”
– Buddha

“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.”
– Buddha

“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

“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

“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.”
– Buddha

“Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.”
– Buddha

“Life is so very difficult. How can we be anything but kind.”
– Buddha

“Life is suffering.”
– Buddha

“Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are wise words when spoken, but fruitless these words are when not carried out by the speaker.”
– Buddha

“Like a solid rock that is unshaken by the wind, the wise person is unaffected by both blame and praise.”
– Buddha

“Live every act fully, as if it were your last.”
– Buddha

“Live happily, not hating even those who are hostile. Live peacefully even amongst those that hate.”
– Buddha

“Look within, thou art the Buddha.”
– Buddha

“Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.”
– Buddha

“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.”
– Buddha

“Mindfulness is Buddha’s word for meditation. By mindfulness he means: you should always remain alert, watchful. You should always remain present. Not a single thing should be done in a sort of sleepy state of mind. You should not move like a somnambulist, you should move with a sharp consciousness.”
– Buddha

“Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn’t more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.”
– Buddha

“Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.”
– Buddha

“Of what I know, I have told you only a little. Why have I not told you the rest? Because it would not help lead you to Nirvana.”
– Buddha

“One who does not rouse themself when it is time to rise, who, though capable, is full of sloth, whose will and thought are weak, that lazy and idle person will never find their way to true knowledge.”
– Buddha

“One who previously made bad karma, but who reforms and creates good karma, brightens the world like the moon appearing from behind a cloud.”
– Buddha

“Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it.”
– Buddha

“Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.”
– Buddha

“Overcome your uncertainties and free yourself from dwelling on sorrow. When you delight in existence, you will become a guide to those in need, revealing the path to many.”
– 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

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
– Buddha

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