Timeless Buddhist wisdom quotes celebrating mindfulness, compassion, and enlightenment.
The technique of self-observation is the technique of observing the reality about oneself at the experiential level.
S N Goenka
Happiness is not the pursuit of an endless succession of experiences but an attitude toward life.
Matthieu Ricard
Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.
Dalai Lama
In the gap between thoughts, nonconceptual wisdom shines continuously.
Milarepa
The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.
Jack Kornfield
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Milarepa
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.
Dalai Lama
If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.
Dalai Lama
Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.
Dalai Lama
Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.
Buddha
The mind is the source of all happiness and the source of all suffering.
Milarepa
The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.
Dalai Lama
Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.
Jack Kornfield
Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.
Ajahn Brahm
When walking, just walk. When sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble.
Hakuin
The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.
Mahasi Sayadaw
Nothing is permanent. Everything is subject to change. Being is always becoming.
S N Goenka
Our practice cannot be perfect, but without being discouraged by this, we should continue it. This is the secret of practice.
Suzuki Roshi
The biggest prison is the one we build in our own mind.
Ajahn Brahm
The nature of everything is empty and clear, and the mind is beyond both existence and nonexistence.
Padmasambhava
When the mind is ready to understand, the truth will come to meet it.
D T Suzuki
The practice of mindfulness leads naturally to concentration. Concentration leads naturally to wisdom.
Mahasi Sayadaw
Self-awareness is the key to freedom. The more we understand ourselves, the more we understand how to be free.
Mingyur Rinpoche
Where is the place that your original face has not yet emerged?
Hakuin
Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time.
Matthieu Ricard
Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
Pema Chodron
Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you're bound to be successful. Bound to be successful.
S N Goenka
Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer evil with good. Conquer stinginess with giving. Conquer deceit with truth.
Buddha