Gautama Buddha
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9 quotes we’ve traced to Gautama Buddha
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path”
Verified“All compounded things are subject to decay. Strive with diligence”
Attributed“Life is suffering”
Attributed“After Nirvana, we still have to chop wood and carry water”
Disputed“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense”
Disputed“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment”
Disputed“The mind is everything. What you think you become”
Disputed“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared”
Disputed“You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger”
DisputedNot actually Gautama Buddha
Often misattributed to Gautama Buddha
Famous lines widely pinned on Gautama Buddha that we’ve traced to someone else.
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense”
actually Unknown
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment”
actually Unknown
“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”
actually Buddhaghosa
“I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act”
actually G. K. Chesterton
“It is possible to live happily in the present moment. It is the only moment we have”
actually Thích Nhất Hạnh
“My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions”
actually Thích Nhất Hạnh
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without”
actually Anonymous — a 19th-century Western aphorism
“Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the wrong. Sometime in life you will have been all of these”
actually Lloyd Shearer
“The mind is everything. What you think you become”
actually Unknown
“The moment you know how your suffering came to be, you are already on the path of release from it”
actually Thích Nhất Hạnh
“The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live”
actually Thích Nhất Hạnh
“There is no way to happiness; happiness is the way”
actually A. J. Muste, adapted by Wayne Dyer & Thich Nhat Hanh
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared”
actually Unknown
“To understand everything is to forgive everything”
actually An anonymous French proverb (‘Tout comprendre, c’est tout pardonner’)
“True love is born from understanding”
actually Unknown
“Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, they become habits; watch your habits, they become character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny”
actually Frank Outlaw
“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world”
actually Thomas Byrom
“When men, even unknowingly, are to meet one day, whatever may befall each, whatever the diverging paths, on the said day, they will inevitably come together in the red circle”
actually Jean-Pierre Melville
“You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger”
actually Eknath Easwaran
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection”
actually Sharon Salzberg
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