Top 100 Best Buddhism Quotes

Here are the top 100 best Buddhism quotes, reflecting wisdom, mindfulness, and the path to enlightenment:

Inspirational Buddhism Quotes

1. “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” — Buddha
2. “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” — Buddha
3. “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” — Buddha
4. “The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.” — Buddha
5. “In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.” — Buddha
6. “No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” — Buddha
7. “It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you.” — Buddha
8. “To understand everything is to forgive everything.” — Buddha
9. “Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.” — Buddha
10. “Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” — Buddha

Mindfulness and Meditation Quotes

11. “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.” — Buddha
12. “The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.” — Buddha
13. “Meditate… do not delay, lest you later regret it.” — Buddha
14. “The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” — Ram Dass
15. “Mindfulness is the path to the Deathless, unmindfulness is the path to death.” — Buddha
16. “Be where you are; otherwise, you will miss your life.” — Buddha
17. “One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.” — Buddha
18. “The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.” — Buddha
19. “Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance.” — Buddha
20. “Do not dwell on the past. Do not dream of the future. Concentrate the mind on the present moment.” — Buddha

Compassion and Loving-Kindness Quotes

21. “Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” — Buddha
22. “Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.” — Buddha
23. “Radiate boundless love towards the entire world.” — Buddha
24. “Love is a gift of one’s innermost soul to another so both can be whole.” — Buddha
25. “Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.” — Buddha
26. “Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.” — Buddha
27. “If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” — Jack Kornfield
28. “In separateness lies the world’s greatest misery; in compassion lies the world’s true strength.” — Buddha
29. “True love is born from understanding.” — Buddha
30. “Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.” — Buddha

Wisdom and Enlightenment Quotes

31. “Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.” — Buddha
32. “There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.” — Buddha
33. “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” — Buddha
34. “To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.” — Buddha
35. “Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.” — Buddha
36. “Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.” — Buddha
37. “Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.” — Buddha
38. “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” — Plato
39. “Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” — Buddha
40. “Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” — Buddha

Peace and Inner Harmony Quotes

41. “When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.” — Buddha
42. “Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.” — Buddha
43. “The root of suffering is attachment.” — Buddha
44. “There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.” — Buddha
45. “Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.” — Buddha
46. “Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.” — Buddha
47. “If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” — Buddha
48. “Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.” — Buddha
49. “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
50. “Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook but the oceans depth are calm.” — Buddha

Detachment and Non-Attachment Quotes

51. “You only lose what you cling to.” — Buddha
52. “The root of all suffering is desire.” — Buddha
53. “If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down.” — Buddha
54. “Attachment leads to suffering.” — Buddha
55. “In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.” — Buddha
56. “It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.” — Buddha
57. “All conditioned things are impermanent—when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.” — Buddha
58. “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
59. “Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.” — Thich Nhat Hanh
60. “The wise man makes an island of himself that no flood can overwhelm.” — Buddha

Happiness and Joy Quotes

61. “There is no path to happiness. Happiness is the path.” — Buddha
62. “The only joy in the world is to begin.” — Buddha
63. “The secret of happiness lies in the mind’s release from worldly ties.” — Buddha
64. “Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are. It solely relies on what you think.” — Buddha
65. “Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.” — Buddha
66. “Happiness never decreases by being shared.” — Buddha
67. “He who is free from all desire, devoid of all attachment, is happy indeed.” — Buddha
68. “Let go of what was and embrace what will be.” — Buddha
69. “A disciplined mind brings happiness.” — Buddha
70. “Happiness is not having a lot. Happiness is giving a lot.” — Buddha

Quotes on Suffering and Overcoming Pain

71. “Suffering is not holding you; you are holding suffering.” — Buddha
72. “The root of suffering is attachment.” — Buddha
73. “What we think, we become.” — Buddha
74. “Pain is certain, suffering is optional.” — Buddha
75. “To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.” — Buddha
76. “You cannot control the results, only your actions.” — Buddha
77. “Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.” — Buddha
78. “Suffering is an illusion.” — Buddha
79. “There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.” — Buddha
80. “He who walks in the Eightfold Noble Path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.” — Buddha

Quotes on Karma and Actions

81. “What goes around comes around.” — Buddha
82. “Karma grows from our hearts. Karma terminates from our hearts.” — Gautama Buddha
83. “An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.” — Buddha
84. “As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgments but rain your kindness equally on all.” — Buddha
85. “The trouble is, you think you have time.” — Buddha
86. “The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next.” — Buddha
87. “Every morning we are born again

. What we do today is what matters most.” — Buddha

88. “Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think.” — Buddha
89. “Purity or impurity depends on oneself. No one can purify another.” — Buddha
90. “It is in the nature of things that joy arises in a person free from remorse.” — Buddha

Life and Death Quotes

91. “Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.” — Buddha
92. “To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.” — Buddha
93. “On life’s journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night.” — Buddha
94. “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
95. “Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.” — Buddha
96. “If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” — Buddha
97. “To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.” — Buddha
98. “An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.” — Buddha
99. “As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world.” — Buddha
100. “Death is not to be feared so much by one who has lived wisely.” — Buddha

These quotes capture the essence of Buddhist teachings on mindfulness, compassion, wisdom, and the nature of life and suffering.