Buddha Quotes about Change, Death, Happiness 2020

Siddhattha Gotama as known ad Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, is also venerated as a manifestation of God in Hinduism. Here we share the best Buddha Quotes about Change, Death, Happiness, Spirituality, Meditation, etc.

Buddha was a monk, mendicant, sage, philosopher, teacher, and religious leader on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. Some Hindu texts regard Buddha as an avatar of the god Vishnu, who came to Earth to delude beings away from the Vedic religion.

He was a human being who became Enlightened, understanding life in the deepest way possible. Let’s check the top quotes of all time.

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Inspirational Buddha Quotes

1:) “Though you may read many sutras and speak about them to others, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?” – Buddha

2:) “You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.” – Buddha

3:) “There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.” – Buddha

4:) “One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble.” – Buddha

5:) “Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those that a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.” – Buddha

6:) “Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.” – Buddha

7:) “We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” – Buddha

8:) “The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.” – Buddha

9:) “Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.” – Buddha

10:) “It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.” – Buddha

11:) “What you think, you become, What you feel, you attract, What you imagine, you create.” – Buddha

12:) “The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.” – Buddha

13:) “Speak or act with an impure mind and trouble will follow you.” – Buddha

Inspirational Quotes About Change

14:) “It is in the nature of things that a dispassionate person realizes the knowledge and vision of release.” – Buddha

15:) “True love is born from understanding.” – Buddha

16:) “When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.” – Buddha

17:) “To be angry is to let others’ mistakes punish yourself.” – Buddha

18:) “If you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do is keep on walking.” – Buddha

19:) “Satisfied covering the body with robes and feeding the belly with morsels I went with all my belongings wherever I went.” – Buddha

20:) “Neither fire, nor wind, birth, nor death, can erase our good deeds.” – Buddha

21:) “Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.” – Buddha

22:) “Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.” – Buddha

23:) “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

24:) “An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.” – Buddha

25:) “Love the whole world as a mother loves her only child.” – Buddha

26:) “No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” – Buddha

Quotes About Happiness by Buddha

27:) “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

28:) “Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook but the depth of the ocean are calm.” – Buddha

29:) “The thought does not occur to a monk that ‘I am about to attain the cessation of perception and feeling.” – Buddha

30:) “Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do you work with mastery? Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.” – Buddha

31:) “He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.” – Buddha

32:) “Should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let them resolutely pursue a solitary course.” – Buddha

33:) “There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.” – Buddha

34:) “Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.” – Buddha

35:) “As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so, shall I endure abuse.” – Buddha

36:) “Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all.” – Buddha

37:) “The root of suffering is attachment.” – Buddha

38:) “You can only make two mistakes when traveling on the road to truth: not starting, and not going all the way.” – Buddha

39:) “Avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.” – Buddha

Inspirational Quotes About Love

40:) “Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again and you will be filled with joy.” – Buddha

41:) “Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha

42:) “There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth, not going all the way, and not starting.” – Buddha

43:) “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.” – Buddha

44:) “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

45:) “Inward calm cannot be maintained unless physical strength is constantly and intelligently replenished.” – Buddha

46:) “If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.” – Buddha

47:) “When you like a flower, you just pluck it. But when you love a flower, you water it daily.” – Buddha

48:) “If you knew what I know about the power of giving you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.”

49:) “Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.” – Buddha

50:) “As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise, you will miss most of your life.” – Buddha

51:) “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

52:) “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” – Buddha

Quotes About Death

53:) “In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.” – Buddha

54:) “As dust is thrown against the wind, mischief is blown back in the face of the fool who wrongs the pure and harmless.” – Buddha

55:) “Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.” – Buddha

56:) “Go beyond likes and dislikes, passion and desire, sensuousness and lust, grief and fear, free yourself from attachment.” – Buddha

57:) “Love yourself and watch today, tomorrow, and always. First, establish yourself in the way, then teach — and so defeat sorrow.” – Buddha

58:) “I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.” – Buddha

59:) “Everything arises and passes away. When you see this, you are above sorrow. This is the shining way.” – Buddha

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

61:) “We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.” – Buddha

62:) “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, but concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha

63:) “Love is a gift of one’s innermost soul to another so both can be whole.” – Buddha

64:) “To be a mother is sweet, and a father. It is sweet to live arduously and to master yourself.” – Buddha

65:) “Many do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.” – Buddha

Quotes about Anger

66:) “Don’t blindly believe what others say. See for yourself what brings contentment, clarity & peace. That is the path for you to follow.” – Buddha

67:) “A disciplined mind brings happiness.” – Buddha

68:) “In a controversy the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.” – Buddha

69:) “Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” – Buddha

70:) “Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.” – Buddha

71:) “All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If the mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?” – Buddha

72:) “Believe, meditate, and see. Be harmless. Be blameless. Awake to the Dharma and from all sorrow free yourself.” – Buddha

73:) “Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” – Buddha

74:) “However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?”

75:) “Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” – Buddha

76:) “Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.” – Buddha

77:) “A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but is he peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.”

78:) “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha

Quotes About Suffering

79:) “Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.” – Buddha

80:) “Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.” – Buddha

81:) “Happiness is a journey, not a destination.” – Buddha

82:) “To keep the body in good health is a duty. Otherwise, we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear” – Buddha

83:) “Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are. It solely relies on what you think.” – Buddha

84:) “It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven, or hell.” – Buddha

85:) “Good health is simply the slowest way a human being can die,”

86:) “Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.” – Buddha

87:) “Give, even if you only have a little.” – Buddha

88:) “Perhaps the deepest reason why we are afraid of death is that we do not know who we are.” – Buddha

89:) “Better to conquer yourself than thousand battles. Only then can the victory truly be yours. No one can take it away from you – not heaven, hell, demons, or angels.” – Buddha

90:) “Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.” – Buddha

91:) “Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.” – Buddha

Quotes About Friendship

92:) “Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.” – Buddha

93:) “The trouble is, you think you have time.” – Buddha

94:) “It is ridiculous to think that somebody else can make you happy or unhappy.” – Buddha

95:) “The tongue like a sharp knife. Kills without drawing blood.” – Buddha

96:) “You can surely not assume that the real essence of form has actually been apprehended.” – Buddha

97:) “He has the most who is most content with the least.” – Buddha

98:) “It is better to do nothing than to do what is wrong. For whatever you do, you do to yourself.” – Buddha

99:) “If a man’s thoughts are muddy if he is reckless and full of deceit, how can he wear the yellow robe? Whoever is master of his own nature, Bright, clear and true, He may indeed wear the yellow robe.” – Buddha

100:) “Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.” – Buddha

101:) “Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure.” – Buddha

102:) “There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.” – Buddha

103:) “The one in whom no longer exists the craving and thirst that perpetuate becoming; how could you track that Awakened one, trackless, and of limitless range.” – Buddha

104:) “It is better to travel well than to arrive.” – Buddha

Buddha Quotes about Meditation

105:) “If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.” – Buddha

106:) “The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.” – Buddha

107:) “The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.” – Buddha

108:) “Wear your ego like a loose fitting garment.” – Buddha

109:) “One moment can change a day, one day can change a life and one life can change the world.” – Buddha

110:) “If you cannot find a good companion to walk with, walk alone, like an elephant roaming the jungle. It is better to be alone than to be with those who will hinder your progress.” – Buddha

111:) “Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone.” – Buddha

112:) “If you have a person, you have something in him that is a part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us.” – Buddha

113:) “Follow the awakened and from among the blind the light of your wisdom will shine out, purely.” – Buddha

114:) “Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.” – Buddha

115:) “Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.” – Buddha

116:) “To understand everything is to forgive everything.” – Buddha

117:) “This world is shrouded in darkness. Here, only a few can see their way free. These few birds escape from the net, and fly away to the heavens.” – Buddha

Quotes about Patience

118:) “It is in the nature of things that joy arises in a person free from remorse.” – Buddha

119:) “The Buddha dissuades beings from the notion of a self, and then through emptiness liberates them from samsara.” – Buddha

120:) “There are these five clinging-aggregates: form, feeling, perception, impulses, and consciousness.” – Buddha

121:) “What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.” – Buddha

122:) “Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.” – Buddha

123:) “There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.” – Buddha

124:) “Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.” – Buddha

125:) “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” – Buddha

126:) “If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.” – Buddha

127:) “People with opinions just go around bothering one another.” – Buddha

128:) “The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” – Buddha

129:) “Those who consider the unessential to be essential, and see the essential as unessential, don’t reach the essential, living in the field of wrong intention.” – Buddha

130:) “If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” – Buddha

Quotes about Nature

131:) “To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.” – Buddha

132:) “In our lives, change is unavoidable, a loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change, lies our happiness and freedom.” – Buddha

133:) “If you are quiet enough, you will hear the flow of the universe. You will feel its rhythm. Go with this flow. Happiness lies ahead. Meditation is key.” – Buddha

134:) “The five skandhas are the holding mass of matter, feelings, perceptions, impulses and the holding mass of consciousness.” – Buddha

135:) “To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.” – Buddha

136:) “Doubt everything. Find your own light.” – Buddha

137:) “One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases – and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the path.” – Buddha

138:) “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha

139:) “The bodhisattva, having stood in the perfection of meditation, does not apprehend form or any of the other skandhas.” – Buddha

140:) “Radiate boundless love towards the entire world above, below, and across – unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.” – Buddha

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

142:) “Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.” – Buddha

143:) “Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.” – Buddha

Quotes on Family by Buddha

144:) “Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.” – Buddha

145:) “Meditate, do not delay, lest you later regret it.” – Buddha

146:) “If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.” – Buddha

147:) “By this path the past, present and future Bodhisattvas have been saved, are being saved, and will be saved.” – Buddha

148:) “To abstain from lying is essentially wholesome.” – Buddha

149:) “Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” – Buddha

150:) “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha

151:) “With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone.” – Buddha

152:) “Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.” – Buddha

153:) “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.” – Buddha

154:) “With the purified divine eye, surpassing that of men, a Buddha sees beings as they pass hence or come to be.” – Buddha

155:) “Never envy others or take what you have for granted. Those who envy others will never find peace of mind.” – Buddha

156:) “Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.” – Buddha

Quotes on Gratitude

157:) “You are like the yellow leaf. The messengers of death are at hand. You are to travel far away. What will you take with you?” – Buddha

158:) “Without faith there is no approaching; therefore faith is of much help for approaching the Dharma.” – Buddha

159:) “Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.” – Buddha

160:) “A jug fills drop by drop.” – Buddha

161:) “Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.” – Buddha

162:) “Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.” – Buddha

163:) “There is the taking on of a practice that is pleasant in the present and yields pleasure in the future.” – Buddha

164:) “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Buddha

165:) “You only lose what you cling to.” – Buddha

166:) “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

167:) “If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.” – Buddha

168:) “Everything changes, nothing remains without change.” – Buddha

169:) “Pain is certain, suffering is optional.” – Buddha

Quotes on Forgiveness

170:) “Nothing is permanent.”

171:) “If you find someone with Wisdom, good judgment, and good actions; make him a companion.” – Buddha

172:) “The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.” – Buddha

173:) “The calmed say that what is well-spoken is best; second, that one should say what is right, not unrighteous; third, what’s pleasing, not displeasing; fourth, what is true, not false.” – Buddha

174:) “The universe itself is change and life itself is but what you deem it.” – Buddha

175:) “It is in the nature of things that a person whose mind is concentrated knows and sees things as they actually are.” – Buddha

176:) “Happiness is not having a lot. Happiness is giving a lot.” – Buddha

177:) “The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.” – Buddha

178:) “Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.” – Buddha

179:) “Purity or impurity depends on oneself. No one can purify another.” – Buddha

180:) “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. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.” – Buddha

181:) “Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.” – Buddha

182:) “In separateness lies the world’s greatest misery; in compassion lies the world’s true strength.” – Buddha

Quotes About Spirituality by Buddha

183:) “Conquer the angry one by not getting angry. Conquer the wicked by goodness. And conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.” – Buddha

184:) “Go beyond this way or that way, to the farthest shore where the world dissolves and everything becomes clear.” – Buddha

185:) “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” – Buddha

186:) “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

187:) “Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.” – Buddha

188:) “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.” – Buddha

189:) “There isn’t enough darkness in all the world to snuff out the light of one little candle.” – Buddha

190:) “The world always finds a way to praise and a way to blame. It always has and it always will.” – Buddha

191:) “The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There’s only one moment for you to live.” – Buddha

192:) “Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.” – Buddha

193:) “Every day is a new day! “No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.” – Buddha

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