52 Inspiring Buddhist Sayings On Life

At a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand there are famous Buddhist sayings on the trees in the temple grounds.

The quotes can be found at Wat Phra Singh, in the old city of Chiang Mai. The gardens are a beautiful place to walk around, and the quotes give you something to think about as you go.

While some of the translations from Thai are not perfect, the meaning is still clear.

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Physical charms attract the eyes. Goodness attracts the mind.

Failure teaches a man how to succeed.

Poverty with dignity is better than wealth based on shame.

Never is there any effect like that of Merit.

Without a beginning, there is nothing to worry about the end.

The most valuable service is one rendered to our fellow humans.

Do not neglect recollection of death.

Don’t escape when you have a problem because there always is a way to solve it.

Ignorance is the real evil.

If there is nothing that you like, you must like the things that you have.

Better is to speak unpleasant truth than to tell lies.

It is easy know man’s face, but it is difficult to know his thought.

Every honest work is honourable work.

Constant dripping wears away the stone.

To defeat others is the starting point of hatred and vengeance.

No other foes are greater than birth and death. No other friends are greater than merits.

Everyone may be a fool, but nobody is a fool for ever.

Do try to do good but not to be great, otherwise you will be in danger.

Merit making calculated to impress is not real merit.

In time of suffering, only Dhamma is the real friend of the mind.

Eat to live but live to eat.

Peace is the highest bliss.

Selfishness is the real enemy of peace.

It is flooded water that makes mud; it is clean water that wipes away mud.

Good to forgive, the best to forget.

Merit is to be accumulated. Evil is to be abandoned.

A man who will the public leader, must know to be the public follower.

To do good and evil unseen by others are always seen by oneself.

Today is better than two tomorrows.

Clean, clear, calm; these are characteristics of a noble person.

With mindfulness, a person always prospers.

There is no saturating the fire with fuel.

The skilled man does not show off, but the man without knowledge usually show off.

Crying with the wise is better than laughing with the fool.

Anxiety shortens life.

Not only to be receiver but also to be provider.

Time and tide wait for no man.

Living without hope is like burying oneself.

Education is a guide, knowledge is a key.

Selfishness is the father of all evil.

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