Buddhist Quotes

My dad was a Buddhist when I was young. So, at a point when I begging become Catholic he was saying "no" and imparting Buddhist precepts.

Sean Astin
- Dad
- Catholic
- Buddhist
The three elements of creativity are thus: loving, knowing, and doing - or heart, mind, and hands - or, as Zen Buddhist teaching has it; great faith, great question, and great courage.

Eric Maisel
- Faith
- Courage
- Creativity

History is the in-rushing toward what the Buddhists call the realm of the densely packed, a transformational realm where the opposites are unified.

Terence McKenna
- Opposites
- Realms
- Unified
The experience taught me to be present in the real Buddhist sense of paying attention to the moment.

Sandra Cisneros
- Real
- Attention
- Moments
If only I could throw away the urge to trace my patterns in your heart, I could really see you.

Dave Brandon
- Heart
- Buddhist
- Patterns
We never try to convert those who receive (aid) to Christianity but in our work we bear witness to the love of God's presence and if Catholics, Protestants, Buddhists, or agnostics become for this better men - simply better - we will be satisfied. It matters to the individual what church he belongs to. If that individual thinks and believes that this is the only way to God for her or him, this is the way God comes into their life - his life. If he does not know any other way and if he has no doubt so that he does not need to search then this is his way to salvation.

Mother Teresa
- Believe
- Men
- Thinking
Strong and healthy, who thinks of sickness until it strikes like lightning? Preoccupied with the world, who thinks of death, until it arrives like thunder?

Milarepa
He led quite a great life, ... He was an Old Testament figure railing against the establishment - a Jewish guy from New York who became a Buddhist, a poet, a musician.

Tom Hayden
- Guy
- Musician
- Poet