Buddhism is a means of individual and social transformation that simply offers its practices and teachings to anyone who wishes to learn. People can take as much as they want, a little or a lot.

It is possible to practice meditation in order to obtain well-being and peace, or we may want to follow the Buddhist path to Enlightenment. Today we have a collection of the best Buddhist Proverbs .

Buddhist Proverbs on Life

We start with these proverbs that can certainly influence the way we conceive of existence and interpersonal relationships. Are you ready?

1. “Like beautiful flowers, with color, but without scent, are the sweet words to him who does not act according to them.

People who do not act according to ideals often fall prey to superficiality.

2. “Greater than the conquest in battle of a thousand times a thousand men is the conquest of oneself.”

Do not think about what challenges the world holds for you, but what challenges your own conscience holds for you.

3. “In any battle they lose winners and losers.”

One of those famous Buddhist quotes that emphasize the catastrophe of war.

4. “Don’t be friends with fools.”

…if you don’t want to end up being as foolish as they are.

5. “What we are today rests on what we thought yesterday, and our present thoughts shape our future life.”

The influence of the past and the future on our identity

6. “False imagination teaches you that things such as light and shadow, length and height, black and white are different and have to be discriminated against; but they are not independent of each other; they are different aspects of the same thing, they are concepts of relationship, not reality.

A philosophical phrase to be freely interpreted.

7. “If you cannot improve on what others have said, keep the noble silence.”

Talking for the sake of talking isn’t usually wise. If you don’t know what to bring, just think about it.

8. “There is no other happiness than inner peace.”

Buddhism is the philosophy that puts as a main goal in life this total harmony with oneself, the inner peace.

9. “The foolish one who acknowledges his folly is a wise one. But a fool who thinks he is wise is indeed a fool.”

A well-known Buddhist proverb that holds an unquestionable truth.

10. “Why do things that you will later regret? You don’t have to live with so many tears. Do only what is right, what you do not have to repent of, whose sweet fruits you will reap with joy.”

A reflection on the rush of modern life. Maybe we don’t need so much to be happy.

11. “The man who does evil suffers in this world and suffers in the next. He suffers and grieves when he sees all the harm he has done. But the man who does good is happy in this world and happy in the next. In both worlds he rejoices, seeing all the good he has done.”

What’s the point of doing evil? Sooner or later we’ll regret not being able to make good connections with other people…

12. “There are two things, O disciple, which should be avoided: A life of pleasures; that is low and vain. A life of mortification; that is useless and vain.”

In balance and harmony is the key to good living.

13. “Among beings who hate, we shall live without hate.”

In a world of war, enmity and resentment, the truly revolutionary thing is to spread love and affection.

14. “Seek not the friendship of those who have an unclean soul; seek not the company of men with evil souls. Associate yourself with those who are beautiful and good in soul.”

I hope you enjoyed this collection of Buddhist proverbs . Thank you very much for your attention.

15. Be glad because every place is here and every time is now

One of the phrases that best summarizes one of the basic pillars of Buddhism: the emphasis on the present.

16. What we think we become

What we think gives formka our identity.

17.Peace comes from within, not from outside

This proverb reflects one of the characteristics of traditional thinking in much of Asia: trying to transform the environment is futile.

18.Take care of the outside as much as the inside: everything is one

There is a correspondence between mind and appearance.

19. Those who are free of resentment will find peace

Achieving peace is a process based on simplicity.

20. The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground

The change and the experiences that we live when relating to the environment make us aware of ourselves.

21. To understand everything it is necessary to forget everything

A reflection that reflects the extent to which the idea of knowledge proper to Buddhism moves away from that of the West .

22. Death cannot be feared if one has lived wisely

Everyone perceives death by thinking about how they have lived.

23. He who envies has no peace

Envy is a source of intrusive thoughts that prevent us from experiencing life with simplicity.

24. Work out your own salvation

The liberation that Buddhism speaks of is fundamentally individual.

25. Man cannot exist without a spiritual life

A way of emphasizing the importance of the spiritual.