62 Buddhist Quotes for You to Enjoy

The basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest esoteric level, you must respect women: every woman. Dalai Lama

You Respect Woman Women Equality Every Must Highest Buddhist Between Question Esoteric Age-Old Stand Basic Level Levels

If you're a politician, you might want to learn the Buddhist way of negotiation. Restoring communication and bringing back reconciliation is clear and concrete in Buddhism. Thich Nhat Hanh

You Communication Politician Back Way Negotiation Reconciliation Restoring Clear Buddhism Buddhist Learn Concrete Want Might Bringing

Fighting for one's freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again. Maya Angelou

Success Work Good Day Freedom Morning You Wake Up Achieve Job Free Long Poet Fighting Christian All Day Muslim Kind Some Struggling Buddhist Towards Over Like Still Go Wake Up Done Being Again Next Next Morning Zen Level Start Jew Sleep

I'm not a New Age person, but I do believe in meditation, and for that reason I've always liked the Buddhist religion. When I've been to Japan, I've been to Buddhist temples and meditated, and I found that rewarding. Clint Eastwood

Religion Age Believe Meditation Temples Buddhist New New Age Liked Always Been Person Rewarding Japan Reason Found

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive. Dalai Lama

Compassion Christian Meditation Nuns Ability Adopt Develop Buddhism Buddhist Devotion Course Methods Forgive Order Anyone Use Who Techniques Monks

I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic. David Bowie

Intelligence Passion Believe Universe Bereft Though Visual Religious Rituals Buddhist Powerful Catholic Empty Provocative May Behind Substance Whether Agent Incense Even Awe Necessarily

Mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. It's not about Buddhism, but about paying attention. That's what all meditation is, no matter what tradition or particular technique is used. Jon Kabat-Zinn

Heart Matter Meditation Mindfulness About Attention Buddhism Buddhist Spoken Particular Tradition Often Used Paying Technique

I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good Muslim, a good Buddhist, a good Shintoist, a good Zoroastrian, a good friend, a good lover, a good mother, a good buddy - it's serious business. Maya Angelou

Good Business Mother Lover Christian Good Mother Muslim Buddhist Buddy Like Friend Trying Working Serious Good Friend Jew

I certainly haven't lived the life of a Buddhist monk. Burton Cummings

Life Buddhist Certainly Lived Monk

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

Work Garden Way About Something Buddhist Like Zen Gravel

I used homeopathy, acupuncture, yoga and meditation in conjunction with my chemotherapy to help me get stronger again after the cancer. I also chanted with Buddhist friends and prayed with Christian friends. I covered all my bases. Olivia Newton-John

I feel a distaste for hunting, first because of a kind of Buddhist respect for the unity and sacredness of all life, and also because the pursuit of a hare or chamois strikes me as a kind of 'escape of energy,' that is, the expenditure of our effort in an illusory end, one devoid of profit. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Life Me Respect First Energy Profit Unity Our Strikes Distaste Kind Hunting Pursuit Sacredness Buddhist Feel Devoid Also Because End Escape Effort Expenditure Illusory Hare

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

Family Believe Religions Buddhist Catholic Man-Made Baptist Jewish

Ah-rah-han, the first Buddhist apostle of Burma, under the patronage of King Anan-ra-tha-men-zan, disseminated the doctrines of atheism and taught his disciples to pant after annihilation as the supreme good. Adoniram Judson

Good King First Atheism Buddhist Annihilation Doctrines Supreme Disciples His Taught Burma After Patronage Apostle

I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.' Alan Ball

Changes Everything Everything Changes Take Buddhist Biggest Personally Beliefs

My mother was a Tibetan Buddhist. Amber Mark

Mother Buddhist Tibetan

A friend of mine told me a bunch of stuff on Buddhism and about Avicii being the lowest level of Buddhist hell, and it just sort of got stuck in my head. Later on when I went to setup a MySpace, I tried a bunch of names and they were all taken so I just kind of ended up with Avicii and then I got really attached to it. Avicii

Me Hell Setup Later Mine Kind Tried About Attached Myspace Stuck Taken Head Buddhism Buddhist Stuff Names Sort Got Were Friend Up Bunch Ended Just Being Just Kind Then Really Lowest Level

I think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls that he made from his office. We know that there were visits to the Buddhist temple. Barbara Olson

Made Think Worry Telephone Visits Temple He Buddhist Know Gore Tied Calls Does Were His Clinton Office Bill Bill Clinton

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

Silence You Complete Dawn Buddhist Until Monks

I'm just the worst little Buddhist in town. Cher

Worst Buddhist Town Just Little

As I tell my children, the first thing is always health. Get sleep, don't party, don't do drugs or drink. If your body is right, then you will be right, and if your body is wrong, you will be wrong. Live like a Buddhist monk! Colm Wilkinson

Health You Will First Party Live Tell Drink Wrong Buddhist Like First Thing Always Get The First Thing Children Then Body Your Your Body Right Thing Monk Sleep

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

Change Wonderful About Something Buddhist Like Continuous

Playing a character who becomes a Buddhist was a great experience. David Thewlis

Great Character Experience Great Experience Buddhist Becomes Who Playing

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