Top 1200 Wise Buddhist Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

[F]or as Socrates says that a wise man is a citizen of the world, so I thought that a wise woman was equally at liberty to range through every station or degree of men, to fix her choice wherever she pleased.

There is no hierarchy in Japanese Buddhist poetry.

Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.

Obviously there are not too many people who get a chance to play in the Olympics in their hometown. That would be something special, but going into the summer you have to be realistic with yourself, and health-wise and motivation-wise you have to be willing to do what it takes.

I'm no buddhist, but this is fu**ing enlightmentment

Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics.

All things and all people in life have to sink or swim on their own merits, not their reputation; that just as a wise man can say a foolish thing, a fool can say something wise.

Wise men are not wise at all times.

I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less.

A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.

I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.

Why did the wise guys always accuse other people of being wise guys?

Buddhist teachings are not a religion, they are a science of mind.

I'm not a Buddhist, or a card-carrying member of any religion.

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

I'm a golfer, and what are the two sports you can do till you drop? Golf and surfing. They're great for you limber-wise, they're great for you health-wise, and they put you in sweet locations.

Wise men say, only fools rush in. Wise men are so slow.

Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!

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

When there is sympathy, there needs but one wise man in a company and all are wise,--so, a blockhead makes a blockhead of his companion. Wonderful power to benumb possesses this brother.

I believe that style-wise, matchup-wise, I matchup much better against Anderson Silva than Jon Jones, but it doesn't mean that I'm scared to fight at 205.

A fool who recognises his own ignorance is thereby in fact a wise man, but a fool who considers himself wise - that is what one really calls a fool.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

That is ever the difference between the wise and the unwise: the latter wonders at what is unusual; the wise man wonders at the usual.

It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part, desire the contrary.

Everyone needs a spiritual guide: a minister, rabbi, counselor, wise friend, or therapist. My own wise friend is my dog.

O wise humanity, terribly wise humanity! How inscrutable is the civilization where men toil and work and worry their hair gray to get a living and forget to play!

A wise man once said, 'Instead of crying, I keep on trying.' And that wise man is me, because I just made that up. I think.

People always fancy that we must become old to become wise; but, in truth, as years advance, it is hard to keep ourselves as wise as we were.

Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration.

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

I've always said that at the end of the day, on a legal issue, I think a wise old woman and a wise old man are going to reach the same conclusion.

There is in every truth a wise saying, and in every contradiction, two wise sayings.

Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

The magi, as you know, were wise men wonderfully wise men who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents.

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

That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw.

Philosophically, I would say that I am Buddhist.

I am a reformed Catholic. I'm a Buddhist in other words.

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

It is desirable for Buddhist affairs to help civilian rule.

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

It's much better to become a Buddha than a Buddhist.

It is never wise to try to appear to be more clever than you are. It is sometimes wise to appear slightly less so.

A man cannot be wise enough to be a great artist without being wise enough to wish to be a philosopher.

Whoever is not too wise is wise. [Lat., Quisquis plus justo non sapit, ille sapit.]

The only difference between a wise man and a fool is that the wise man knows he's playing.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.

Buddhist practice is the grounding for this work, this life, this way.

It was observed of Elizabeth that she was weak herself, but chose wise counsellors; to which it was replied, that to choose wise counsellors was, in a prince, the highest wisdom.

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

I'm just the worst little Buddhist in town.

A wise man once told me- he’s a muslim by the way- that he has more in common with a jew than he does a fanatic of his own religion. He has more in common with a rational, reasonable-minded Christian or a Buddhist or Hindu than he does with a fanatic of his own religion. In fact, he has more in common with a ration, reasonable-minded atheist than he does with a fanatic of his own religion

There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.

Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration

Honestly, as a rapper, the Freshman list is definitely the biggest milestone. Culture-wise - anything-wise - that's the biggest stamp.

You must be wise, but not too wise.

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

Do what you do as well as you possibly can. That's Buddhist morality.

I am a practicing Buddhist. I have been for 25 years.