Buddhist Quotes - Page 2 of 29

• Ray Wylie Hubbard / Singer-Songwriter

Buddha was not a Christian, but Jesus would have made a good Buddhist.

• Abel Ferrara / Screenwriter

I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.

• Russell Brand / Comedian

Imagine the wisdom to be passed down from the classical Buddhist texts.

• Taryn Manning / Actress

I meditate twice a day. I chant. I lean more towards Buddhist practices.

• Pat Buckley

A Buddhist or a good atheist is as acceptable to God as a good Catholic.

• Jim Coleman

Unfortunately, however, I have too many desires to make a good Buddhist.

• Frank Hall / Film Writer

When I'm a Buddhist my family hates me. When I'm the Buddha they love me.

• Norm Phelps / Writer

It is a feeble compassion that pulls up short where self-interest begins.

• Sheng-Yen

I follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go.

• Leo Sayer

Sometimes I feel like Leonard Cohen when he went off to become a Buddhist.

• Richard Gere / Actor

Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are.

• U Thant / Diplomat

As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance

• Boy George / Singer-Songwriter

I always say I'm Catholic in my complications and Buddhist in my aspirations.

• Gil Fronsdal

One of the things that kills Buddhist spiritual life is excessive seriousness.

• Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar / Philosopher

You are never alone or helpless. The force that guides the stars guides you too.

• Hélder Câmara

In the Father's house we shall meet Buddhists and Jews, Muslims and Protestants.

• Unknown

It is our very search for perfection outside of ourselves that causes suffering.

• William James / Philosopher

...as I apprehend the Buddhist doctrine of karma, I agree in principle with that.

• Vinessa Shaw / Film Actress

How many Buddhists does it take to change a lightbulb? Many in body, one in mind.

• Alan Ball / Writer

I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.

• David Bailey / Photographer

I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful.

• Michael Palin / Comedian

The Buddhist version of poverty is a situation where you have nothing to contribute.

• Tenzin Palmo / Author

Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings.

• Karen Armstrong / Author

Buddhists talk about nirvana in very much the same terms as monotheists describe God.

• David Thewlis / Actor

In 'Seven Years In Tibet,' I played a Buddhist. But I'm not religious at all, really.

• Thomas A Kempis / Canon

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

• Cameron Diaz / Actress

You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.

• Goldie Hawn / Actress

I practice Buddhist philosophy and contemplation but I don't know if I'm more of anything.

• John Burdett / Novelist

To a Buddhist, contradictions only exist in a mind that has been forced to cultivate them.

• Norodom Sihanouk / Monarch

Cambodia wanted no part of SEATO. We would look after ourselves as neutrals and Buddhists.

• Shirley Geok-Lin Lim / Writer

I want, I want, I want! We never grow out of it somehow. Unless we become Buddhists, maybe.

• Whoopi Goldberg / Comedian

My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.

• Huineng

By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind.

• Geshe Kelsang Gyatso / Author

Whenever anyone, Buddhist or not, sees a Temple or an image of Buddha they receive blessings.

• Shantideva

Others are my main concern. When I notice something of mine, I steal it and give it to others.

• Sogyal Rinpoche / Lama

Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.

• Dave Brandon / Executive

If only I could throw away the urge to trace my patterns in your heart, I could really see you.

• Robert Baker Aitken / Peace Activist

Renunciation is not getting rid of the things of this world, but accepting that they pass away.

• Sylvia Boorstein / Author

The prohibition of L'shon Hara is the Jewish equivalent of the Buddhist practice of Right Speech.

• Robin Williams / Actor

When I'm riding my bicycle I feel like a Buddhist who is happy just to enjoy his mundane existence

• Chuck Close / Photographer

There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.

• Pema Chodron / Nun

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

• Gelek Rimpoche

Science is reaching the conclusions that we had been taught through the Tibetan Buddhist experience.

• John Green / Author

Suffering is universal. it’s the one thing Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about.

• Sandra Cisneros / Writer

The experience taught me to be present in the real Buddhist sense of paying attention to the moment.

• Nikola Tesla / Inventor

The Buddhist expresses it in one way, the Christian in another, but both say the same: We are all one.

• Edward De Bono / Physician

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

• Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player

My mom's actually a Buddhist. My dad's a Christian and he was a Muslim, but he converted to Christianity.

• Joan Baez / Singer

I spend a lot of time with Buddhists. I'm not a Buddhist, but their relationship with death interests me.

• Aishwarya Rai Bachchan / Film Actress

Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.