50 Inspirational Eastern Philosophy Quotes By Famous Philosophers

“He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.”- Confucius

“You are not here to change the world. The world is here to change you.” – Shantideva

“Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.” – Dalai Lama

“When I look at what the world does and where people nowadays believe they can find happiness, I am not sure that that is true happiness. The happiness of these ordinary people seems to consist in slavishly imitating the majority.” – Zhuangzi

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” – Confucius

“Creating without claiming, doing without taking credit, guiding without interfering, this is Primal Virtue.” – Lao Tzu

“Living a life without limits is the highest state of existence.” – Lieh Tzu

“The gift of truth excels all other gifts.”- Gautama Buddha

“Silence is a source of great strength.” – Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.” – Chuang Tzu

“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” – Dalai Lama

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.” – Buddha

“Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. – This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.” – Lao Tzu

“Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes. And the grass grows by itself.” – Zen Proverb

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”- Confucius

“Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.”- Laozi

“Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”- Dalai Lama

“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.” – Buddha

“To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something.”- Laozi

“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.”

“The obstacle is the path.” – Zen Proverb

“By three methods we may learn wisdom” First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”

“If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.”- Confucius

“The gift of truth excels all other gifts.” – Gautama Buddha

“As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.” – Lao Tzu

“If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.” – Lao Tzu

“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.”- Alan Watts

“In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.”- Confucius

“We cling to our own point of view as though everything depended on it, yet our opinions have no permanence. Like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.”

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius

“Study the past if you would define the future.” – Confucius

“Being deeply loved gives you strength; loving deeply gives you courage. ”- Lao Tzu

“Men’s natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.”- Confucius

“No one succeeds without effort… Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance. ”-Ramana Maharshi

“When anger rises, think of the consequences.”- Confucius

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” – Confucius

“A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”- Confucius

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: ‘we did it ourselves’.”- Laozi

“Be the change you want to see.”- Mahatma Gandhi

“Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.”- Confucius

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”- Omar Khayyam

“The journey of a thousand mile begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu

“What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.”- Confucius

“To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”- Sun Tzu

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius

“When words are both true and kind, they can change the world.” – Gautama Buddha

“If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.” – Lao Tzu

“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”- Laozi

“Silence is a true friend who never betrays.” – Confucius

“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These are your greatest treasures. ”- Lao Tzu