Buddhist Quotations
Gentleness, serenity, compassion, through liberation from selfish-craving - these are the fundamental teachings of the great Oriental religion of Buddhism
E.A. Burtt, "The Compassionate Buddha"
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Buddhist or not Buddhist, I have examined every one of the great religious systems of the world, and in none of them have I found anything to surpass, in beauty and comprehensives, the Noble Eightfold Path and the Four Noble Truths of the Buddha. I am content to shape my life according to the path.
Prof. Rhys Davids
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The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It could transcend a personal God and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description.
Albert Einstein
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The doctrines of Buddha Dharma Stand today, as unaffected by the march of time and the expansion of knowledge as when they were first enunciated. No matter to what lengths increased scientific knowledge can extend man's mental horizon, within the framework of the Dhamma there is room for the acceptance and assimilation of further discovery. It does not rely for its appeal upon limited concepts of primitive minds or for it's power upon the negation of thought.
Francis Story
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Buddhism is a plan for living in such a way as to derive the highest benefit from life. It is a religion of wisdom where knowledge and intelligence predominate. The Buddha did not preach to win converts but to enlighten listeners.
A Western Writer
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Buddhism is like the palm of the hand, the other religions being the fingers.
The Great Khan Mongka
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Of the great religions of history I prefer Buddhism ,especially in its earliest forms because it has had the smallest element of persecution.
Bertrand Russell
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One should not honor only one's own religion and condemn the religions of others, but one should honor others; religions for this or that reason. So doing, one helps one's own religion to grow and renders service to the other religions too. In acting otherwise one digs the grave of one's own religion and also does harm to other religions. So concord is good: Let all listen, and be willing to listen to the doctrines professed by others.
Emperor Ashoka
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