Discover below Buddha’s Phrases in English (with translation): the most beautiful and profound quotes of the founder of Buddhism to better understand his philosophy and his message.

Buddha Quotes in English

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.
Your mind is very powerful. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another.
Family is the place where minds come into contact with each other.

In the end these things matter most. How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how kindly you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things that were not meant for you.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
Nothing goes away before it teaches us what we need to learn.

Everything that has a beginning, has an end.
Everything that has a beginning, has an end.

Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful.
Change is never painful. Only resistance to change is.

Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life.
Be where you are; otherwise you will waste most of your life.

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

Purity or impurity depends on oneself, no one can purify another.
Purity and impurity are within ourselves: no one can make another pure.

What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.
What you are is what you have been. What you will be is what you do now.

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.

The mind contains all possibilities.
The mind contains all possibilities.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, a man cannot live without a spiritual life.

When you like a flower, you just pluck it. But when you love a flower, you water it daily.
When you like a flower, you simply pick it. But when you love a flower, you water it every day.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
Holding onto anger and resentment is like holding a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else: you are the one who gets burned.

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.
Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

What we think, we become.
We become what we think.

If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.
If the problem can be solved, why worry? If the problem can’t be solved, worrying won’t do you any good.

A jug fills drop by drop.
A jug fills up drop by drop.

It is better to travel well than to arrive.
It is better to travel well than to arrive.

If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.
If you truly loved yourself, you would not hurt another.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.
The secret of physical and mental health is not to lament the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment with wisdom and seriousness.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
One word that brings peace is better than a thousand empty words.

Three things cannot hide for long: the moon, the sun and the truth.
Three things cannot be hidden for long: the moon, the sun, and the truth.

Peace comes from within. Don’t seek it without.
Peace comes from within. Don’t look for it outside of yourself.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do to you if you do not act upon them?
No matter how many holy words you read, no matter how many words you speak, what good are they if you don’t act on them?

There is no way to happiness: happiness is the way.
There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.
Since everything is a reflection of our mind, everything can be changed by our mind.

Don’t dwell in the past, don’t dream of the future, concentrate your mind on the present moment.
Don’t dwell on the past; don’t dream about the future; concentrate your mind on the present moment.

No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again.
No matter how hard the past has been, you can always start over.

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
There are only two mistakes you can make on the path to truth: not going all the way and not starting.

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
Words have the power to destroy and create. When words are both true and kind they can change the world.

For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.
Hatred does not cease by hatred, at any time; hatred ceases by love: this is the eternal law.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
The only real failure in life is not acting in accordance with your values.

You only lose what you cling to.
You only lose the things you hold on to.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. When you conquer yourself, victory is yours. No one can take it away from you, neither angels nor demons, neither heaven nor hell.

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

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

Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
Happiness will never come to those who do not appreciate what they already have.

Work out your own salvation. Don’t depend on others.
Work on your own salvation. Don’t depend on others.