Top 500 Buddha Quotes (2024 Update)
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401. “Like a lovely flower full of color but lacking in fragrance, are the words of those who do not practice what they teach.”

— Buddha

402. “The one who wanders independent in the world, free from opinions and viewpoints, does not grasp them and enter into disputations and arguments. As the lotus rises on its stalk unsoiled by the mud and the water, so the wise one speaks of peace and is unstained by the opinions of the world.”

— Buddha

403. “I knew that most people never see this reality because they attach to the material aspect of the world. Illusions of self and other fill their vision. I also realized there are those with little dust limiting their vision.”

— Buddha

404. “Do not be thoughtless, always be mindful, watch your thoughts! Draw yourself out of the path of evil, like an elephant sunk in mud.”

— Buddha

405. “Conquer a liar with truth.”

— Buddha

406. “If a man possesses a repentant spirit his sins will disappear, but if he has an unrepentant spirit his sins will continue and condemn him for their sake forever.”

— Buddha

407. “One moment, ten thousand years. Ten thousand years, one moment.”

— Buddha

408. “Don’t rely on logic alone, nor speculation. Don’t infer or be deceived by appearances.”

— Buddha

409. “With good will for the entire cosmos, cultivate a limitless heart: above, below, and all around, unobstructed, without hostility or hate.”

— Buddha

410. “There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.”

— Buddha

411. “Observe the life by cause and consequence. Explore the life by wisdom. Treat the life by equality. Complete the life by love.”

— Buddha

412. “Our good and bad deeds follow us almost like a shadow.”

— Buddha

413. “Be your own lamps. Be your own shelters. Hang on to the truth as a lamp. Hang on to the truth as a refuge.”

— Buddha

414. “Attention leads to immortality. Carelessness leads to death. Those who pay attention will not die, while the careless are as good as dead already.”

— Buddha

415. “Whoever sees me sees the teaching, and whoever sees the teaching sees me.”

— Buddha

416. “The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious.”

— Buddha

417. “Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.”

— Buddha

418. “Speak or act with a pure mind, and happiness will follow you as your shadow, unshakable.”

— Buddha

419. “Seeking but not finding the house builder I travelled through life after life. How painful is repeated birth! House-builders, you have now been seen. You will not build the house again.”

— Buddha

420. “Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one’s own acts, done and undone.”

— Buddha

421. “Do not believe anything because it is said by an authority, or if it is said to come from angels, or from Gods, or from an inspired source. Believe it only if you have explored it in your own heart and mind and body and found it to be true. Work out your own path, through diligence.”

— Buddha

422. “Dharma is not upheld by talking about it. Dharma is upheld by living in harmony with it...”

— Buddha

423. “Let your mind become clear like a still forest pool.”

— Buddha

424. “Persevere in thy quest and thou shalt find what thou seekest. Pursue thy aim unswervingly and thou shalt gain victory. Struggle earnestly and thou shalt triumph.”

— Buddha

425. “If one man kills a hundred men, and another man masters himself, the second man is the much greater warrior.”

— Buddha

426. “Do not think lightly of good, that nothing will come of it. A whole water pot will fill up from dripping drops of water.”

— Buddha

427. “Much though he recites the sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless man is like a cowherd who only counts the cows of others – he does not partake of the blessings of the holy life.”

— Buddha

428. “To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.”

— Buddha

429. “Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.”

— Buddha

430. “If there be one righteous person, the rain falls for his sake.”

— Buddha

431. “Goodwill toward all beings is the true religion; cherish in your hearts boundless goodwill to all that lives.”

— Buddha

432. “I have the True Dharma Eye, the Marvelous Mind of Nirvana, the True Form of the Formless, and the Subtle Dharma Gate, independent of words and transmitted beyond doctrine. This I have entrusted to Mahakashyapa.”

— Buddha

433. “After much seeking for truth and knowledge the profoundness of reality came to me with a clarity never before known.”

— Buddha

434. “I teach about suffering and the way to end it.”

— Buddha

435. “With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit.”

— Buddha

436. “But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one’s sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off a lotus.”

— Buddha

437. “Apply yourself to solitude. One who is given to solitude knows things as they really are.”

— Buddha

438. “If you can keep as silent as a broken gong, then you have attained, when you know no anger.”

— Buddha

439. “Hate is only conquered by love.”

— Buddha

440. “If the traveller can find A virtuous and wise companion Let him go with him joyfully And overcome the dangers of the way. But if you cannot find Friend or master to go with you, Travel on alone.”

— Buddha

441. “He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.”

— Buddha

442. “Let us live most happily, free from hatred in the midst of the hateful; Let us remain free from hatred in the midst of people who hate.”

— Buddha

443. “Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage act in a village.”

— Buddha

444. “One is not low because of birth nor does birth make one holy. Deeds alone make one low, deeds alone make one holy.”

— Buddha

445. “To know and not to use is not yet to know!”

— Buddha

446. “All composite things pass away. Strive for your own liberation with diligence.”

— Buddha

447. “The eating of meat extinguishes the seed of great compassion.”

— Buddha

448. “Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.”

— Buddha

449. “We must be diligent today. To wait until tomorrow is too late. Death comes unexpectedly. How can we bargain with it?”

— Buddha

450. “I am always at the beginning.”

— Buddha