Listening Buddha Quotes & Sayings

Mutual respect and mutual listening are the foundations of harmony within the family. — Gautama Buddha

The 'public' is a phantom, the phantom of an opinion supposed to exist in a vast number of persons who have no effective interrelation and though the opinion is not effectively present in the units. Such an opinion is spoken of as 'public opinion,' a fiction which is appealed to by individuals and by groups as supporting their special views. It is impalpable, illusory, transient; 'tis here, 'tis there, 'tis gone'; a nullity which can nevertheless for a moment endow the multitude with power to uplift or destroy. — Karl Jaspers

Questioner: Does the soul survive after death? KRISHNAMURTI: If you really want to know, how are you going to find out? By reading what Shankara, Buddha or Christ has said about it? By listening to your own particular leader or saint? They may all be totally wrong. Are you prepared to admit this - which means that your mind is in a position to inquire? You must first — Jiddu Krishnamurti

Be selfish with your speeches; be generous with your listening. — Debasish Mridha

At the bottom of things, most people want to be understood and appreciated. — Gautama Buddha

I don't feel sad. For just now, I don't feel scared. I feel, for right now, well, kind of triumphant. — Kathleen Glasgow

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear. — Buddha

When ever Buddhism has taken root in a new land, there has been a certain variation in the style in which it is observed. The Buddha himself taught differently according to the place, the occasion and the situation of those who were listening to him. — Dalai Lama

The calligraphy reads, "Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha." Listening to talks about the dharma, or the teachings of Buddha, or practicing meditation is nothing other than studying ourselves. — Pema Chodron

As we die from one life into the next ... we may also die and be reborn in a single lifetime ... and the story, the journey, goes on and on ... — Dan Millman

Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose,
But young men think it is, and we were young. — A.E. Housman

I built websites for myself. I didn't want to work for anyone else. I came from a science background, so I approached things fairly analytically. — Michael Birch

A Buddha is not a man of concentration, he is a man of awareness. He has not been trying to narrow down his consciousness; on the contrary, he has been trying to drop all barriers so that he becomes totally available to existence. Watch ... existence is simultaneous. I am speaking here and the traffic noise is simultaneous. The train, the birds the wind blowing through the trees - in this moment the whole of existence converges. You listening to me, I speaking to you, and millions of things going on - it is tremendously rich. — Rajneesh

My whole adolescence has been on 'Game of Thrones;' I don't know what I'm going to do without it. — Sophie Turner

If you don't need it yourself, and you're building something that someone else needs, realize you're at a big disadvantage. — Sam Altman

I have always been fascinated by dark and mysterious stuff. I guess I have a pretty dark and gloomy side. Writing songs saves me from going completely gonzo. — Gavin Rossdale

Buddy Holly and the early rock 'n' roll was no lighter than the way I play. It's very minimal. — Joni Mitchell