Buddhist Sayings ☸️ in 2025

If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone.

The tongue like a sharp knife… Kills without drawing blood.

If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

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.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

Give, even if you only have a little.

Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.

Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.

People with opinions just go around bothering each other.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. 

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.

If you propose to speak always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest.

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