Top 200 Buddhist Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.”

— Nhat Hanh

102. “A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

103. “Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible.”

— Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

104. “When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

105. “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

106. “There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.”

— Buddha

107. “Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.”

— Buddha

108. “You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

109. “Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.”

— Pema Chödrön

110. “Through effort you will cross any raging flood, through energy you will pass any sorrow.”

— Buddha

111. “The fool who thinks he is wise is just a fool. The fool who knows he is a fool is wise indeed.”

— Buddha

112. “Whoever has done harmful actions but later covers them up with good is like the moon which, freed from clouds, lights up the world.”

— Buddha

113. “Life is available only in the present moment.”

— Nhat Hanh

114. “The past is past, and the future is yet to come. That means the future is in your hands – the future entirely depends on the present. That realization gives you a great responsibility.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

115. “True change is within. Leave the outside as it is.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

116. “The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

117. “Happiness is determined more by one's state of mind than by external events.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

118. “Follow the three R’s: – Respect for self. – Respect for others. – Responsibility for all your actions.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

119. “It is better to do nothing Than to do what is wrong. For whatever you do, you do to yourself.”

— Buddha

120. “Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.”

— Pema Chödrön

121. “For those who are ready the door to the deathless state is open. If you have ears give up the conditions that bind you and enter in.”

— Buddha

122. “It is better to travel well than arrive.”

— Buddha

123. “If you let cloudy water settle, it will become clear. If you let your upset mind settle, your course will also become clear.”

— Buddha

124. “Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away.”

— Pema Chödrön

125. “With our thoughts we make the world.”

— Buddha

126. “Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness .”

— Dalai Lama XIV

127. “My religion is to live and die without regret.”

— Milarepa

128. “Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.”

— Jack Kornfield

129. “When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.”

— Nhat Hanh

130. “According to Buddhist psychology most of our troubles stem from attachment to things that we mistakenly see as permanent.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

131. “In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

132. “We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.”

— Pema Chödrön

133. “The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

134. “Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

135. “Having compassion starts and ends with having compassion for all those unwanted parts of ourselves. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.”

— Pema Chödrön

136. “It’s not enough to be compassionate. You must act.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

137. “Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

138. “If we do not know how to take care of ourselves and to love ourselves, we cannot take care of the people we love. Loving oneself is the foundation for loving another person.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

139. “Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.”

— Nhat Hanh

140. “The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

141. “In true love, you attain freedom.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

142. “Spend some time alone every day.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

143. “Like a beautiful flower that is colorful but has no fragrance, even well spoken words bear no fruit in one who does not put them into practice.”

— Buddha

144. “Be mindful of intention. Intention is the seed that creates our future.”

— Jack Kornfield

145. “Desires achieved increase thirst like salt water.”

— Milarepa

146. “It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.”

— Nhat Hanh

147. “If you let go a little you will have a little happiness. If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.”

— Ajahn Chah

148. “When we change, the world changes. The key to all change is in our inner transformation- a change of our hearts and minds. This is human revolution. We all have the power to change. When we realize this truth, we can bring forth that power anywhere, anytime, and in any situation.”

— Daisaku Ikeda

149. “It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

150. “Know emptiness, Be compassionate.”

— Milarepa