Buddhist Sayings ☸️ in 2025

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.

My doctrine is not a doctrine but just a vision. I have not given you any set rules, I have not given you a system.

You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way. Click to tweet

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

Life is so very hard. How can we be anything but kind?

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

Stop, stop. Do not speak. The ultimate truth is not even to think. Click to tweet