Top 500 Buddha Quotes (2025 Update)
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251. “Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a pure mind, happiness will follow you, as a shadow clings to a form.”

— Buddha

252. “This is deathless: the liberation of the mind through lack of clinging.”

— Buddha

253. “Crying with the wise is better than laughing with the fool.”

— Buddha

254. “More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm.”

— Buddha

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

— Buddha

256. “Most problems, if you give them enough time and space, will eventually wear themselves out.”

— Buddha

257. “How does one practice mindfulness? Sit in meditation. Be aware of only your breath.”

— Buddha

258. “If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.”

— Buddha

259. “Everything is changeable, everything appears and disappears; there is no blissful peace until one passes beyond the agony of life and death.”

— Buddha

260. “Heaven and Hell are imaginary creations of ignorant minds.”

— Buddha

261. “The wind cannot shake a mountain. Neither praise nor blame moves the wise man.”

— Buddha

262. “Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet.”

— Buddha

263. “I gained nothing at all from Supreme Enlightenment, and for that very reason it is called Supreme Enlightenment.”

— Buddha

264. “The less you have, the less you have to worry about.”

— Buddha

265. “For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness and strength.”

— Buddha

266. “One who is wise and disciplined, always kind and intelligent, humble and free from pride. One like this will be praised.”

— Buddha

267. “For the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world.”

— Buddha

268. “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

269. “To meditate is to listen with a receptive heart.”

— Buddha

270. “Love yourself and watch – Today, tomorrow, always. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing – Straighten yourself.”

— Buddha

271. “This is the entire spiritual life, Ananda, that is, good friendship, good companionship, good comradeship. When a monk has a good friend, a good companion, a good comrade, it is to be expected that he will develop and cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path.”

— Buddha

272. “Only those who go where few have gone can see what few have seen.”

— Buddha

273. “Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.”

— Buddha

274. “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

275. “Do not judge yourself harshly. Without mercy for ourselves we cannot love the world.”

— Buddha

276. “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

277. “The greatest impurity is ignorance. Free yourself from it. Be pure.”

— Buddha

278. “I call it nirvana, the complete destruction of old age and dying.”

— Buddha

279. “Don’t pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.”

— Buddha

280. “Whoever doesn’t flare up at someone who’s angry wins a battle hard to win.”

— Buddha

281. “Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others.”

— Buddha

282. “Dwell not on the faults and shortcomings of others; instead, seek clarity about your own.”

— Buddha

283. “And so, with a boundless heart should one cherish all living beings.”

— Buddha

284. “The wise have mastered body, word, and mind. They are the true masters.”

— Buddha

285. “Man’s troubles are rooted in extreme attention to senses, thoughts, and imagination. Attention should be focused internally to experience a quiet body and a calm mind.”

— Buddha

286. “When one is overcome by this wretched, clinging desire in the world, one’s sorrows increase like grass growing up after a lot of rain.”

— Buddha

287. “Your greatest weapon is your enemy’s mind.”

— Buddha

288. “He who is kind to animals heaven will protect.”

— Buddha

289. “An unreflective mind is a poor roof. Passion, like the rain, floods the house. But if the roof is strong, there is shelter. Whoever follows impure thoughts Suffers in this world and the next. In both worlds he suffers And how greatly.”

— Buddha

290. “She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair.”

— Buddha

291. “Life is easy For the man who is without shame, Impudent as a crow, A vicious gossip, Vain, meddlesome, dissolute. But life is hard For the man who quietly undertakes The way of perfection, With purity, detachment and vigor. He sees light.”

— Buddha

292. “Many do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.”

— Buddha

293. “Conquer the angry man by love.”

— Buddha

294. “If you are poor, live wisely. If you have riches, live wisely. It is not your station in life but your heart that brings blessings.”

— Buddha

295. “Inflowing thoughts come to an end in those who are ever alert of mind, training themselves night and day, and ever intent on nirvana.”

— Buddha

296. “Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.”

— Buddha

297. “Letting go of our suffering is the hardest work we will ever do.”

— Buddha

298. “The wind cannot overturn a mountain. Temptation cannot touch the man Who is awake, strong and humble, Who masters hiself and minds the law.”

— Buddha

299. “It is better to speak unpleasant truth than to tell lies.”

— Buddha

300. “Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.”

— Buddha