Top 500 Buddha Quotes (2025 Update)
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301. “It is better to speak unpleasant truth than to tell lies.”

— Buddha

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

— Buddha

303. “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

— Buddha

304. “A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated – this is the greatest blessing.”

— Buddha

305. “When an evil-doer, seeing you practise goodness, comes and maliciously insults you, you should patiently endure it and not feel angry with him, for the evil-doer is insulting himself by trying to insult you.”

— Buddha

306. “All beings wish for happiness, so extend your compassion to all.”

— Buddha

307. “If we destroy something around us we destroy ourselves. If we cheat another, we cheat ourselves.”

— Buddha

308. “Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you. They are all your teachers, each doing just the right things to help you learn perfect patience, perfect wisdom, perfect compassion.”

— Buddha

309. “Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession.”

— Buddha

310. “How deeply did you learn to let go?”

— Buddha

311. “This is my child, this is my wealth: such thoughts are the preoccupations of fools. If we are unable to own even ourselves, why make such claims?”

— Buddha

312. “The kingdom of heaven is closer than the brow above the eye but mankind does not see it.”

— Buddha

313. “Live joyfully, without desire.”

— Buddha

314. “As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.”

— Buddha

315. “Do not seek perfection in a changing world. Instead, perfect your love.”

— Buddha

316. “How long the night to the watchman, How long the road to the weary traveller, How long the wandering of many lives To the fool who misses the way.”

— Buddha

317. “Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the room will be filled with light.”

— Buddha

318. “Not even death can wipe out our good deeds.”

— Buddha

319. “It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one’s own mind.”

— Buddha

320. “Suffering is an illusion.”

— Buddha

321. “If you don’t see God in the next person you meet, look no further.”

— Buddha

322. “Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel. Do not overlook negative actions merely because they are small; however small a spark may be, it can burn down a haystack as big as a mountain.”

— Buddha

323. “Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.”

— Buddha

324. “When things are going well, be mindful of adversityWhen prosperous, be mindful of povertyWhen loved, be mindful of thoughtfulnessWhen respected, be mindful of humility.”

— Buddha

325. “All descriptions of reality are temporary hypotheses.”

— Buddha

326. “To stop suffering, stop greediness. Greediness is a source of suffering.”

— Buddha

327. “Wherever we go, wherever we remain, the results of our actions follow us.”

— Buddha

328. “Happiness never decreased by being shared.”

— Buddha

329. “Don’t indulge in careless behaviour. Don’t be the friend of sensual pleasures. He who meditates attentively attains abundant joy.”

— Buddha

330. “Why do what you will regret? Why bring tears upon yourself? Do only what you do not regret, And fill yourself with joy.”

— Buddha

331. “Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.”

— Buddha

332. “Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.”

— Buddha

333. “Wisdom makes light the darkness of ignorance.”

— Buddha

334. “We do not learn by experience, but by our capacity for experience.”

— Buddha

335. “A brahmin once asked The Blessed One: “Are you a God?” “No, brahmin” said The Blessed One. “Are you a saint?” “No, brahmin” said The Blessed One. “Are you a magician?” “No, brahmin” said The Blessed One. “What are you then?” “I am awake.””

— Buddha

336. “Abstain from all sinful, unwholesome actions, perform only pious wholesome ones, purify the mind; this is the teaching of enlightened ones.”

— Buddha

337. “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

338. “When a man has pity on all living creatures then only is he noble.”

— Buddha

339. “Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.”

— Buddha

340. “Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”

— Buddha

341. “You are the source of all purity and impurity. No one purifies another.”

— Buddha

342. “You can search the entire universe and not find a single being more worthy of love than you.”

— Buddha

343. “As a single drop of water fills a bucket, so do small deeds of evil; as a single drop of water fills a bucket, so do small deeds of good.”

— Buddha

344. “But if you do not find an intelligent companion, a wise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself, then go on your way alone, like a king abandoning a conquered kingdom, or like a great elephant in the deep forest.”

— Buddha

345. “As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth.”

— Buddha

346. “Conquer anger by love, evil by good; Conquer the miser with liberality, and the liar with truth.”

— Buddha

347. “If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.”

— Buddha

348. “Wonder of wonders! Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, endowed with wisdom and virtue, but because men’s minds have become inverted through delusive thinking they fail to perceive this.”

— Buddha

349. “The wise man makes an island of himself that no flood can overwhelm.”

— Buddha

350. “Karma grows from our hearts. Karma terminates from our hearts.”

— Buddha