We may go as far as to say that even if it were to be definitely established that the Buddha was not an historical person but simply the solar myth which European Indologists at one time believed him to be -- even if it were to be proved that the Buddha never existed, still Buddhism would remain. the Dhamma would be scarcely affected by it, because the doctrine of liberation does not depend upon the Buddha.

- Francis Story

The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal god and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering both the natural and 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..... If there is any religion that would cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism.

- Albert Einstein

If you see the Dhamma, you see the Buddha.
If you know the Dhamma, you know the Buddha.
If the virtue of the Dhamma emerge, the virtues of the Buddha emerge.

- Sayadaw U Pandita

If you want to wait around to meet the future Buddha, then just don't practise.
You'll probably be around long enough to see him when he comes.

- Ajahn Chah

We are always dissatisfied. In a sweet fruit, we miss the sour;
        in a sour fruit, we miss the sweet.

- Ajahn Chah

We may live in this world quite happily if we are not attached to it by foolish desire. We are in it, but we must not be of it, at least not to such extent as to let it cause worry, trouble and sorrow.

- U Thittila

It is more important to have a worthy life than a successful one.

- Sayadaw U Pandita

Monk, thus must you train yourselves:
"We will be thankful and grateful.
Not even the least thing that is done for us shall be forgotten"

- Buddha

(Gratitude is) the memory of the heart.

- Anonymous

A deed is well done when, after having done it, one regrets not;
and when, with joy and pleasure, one reaps the fruit thereof.

- Dhammapada 68

Generosity, giving, means to make other people happy. When we give something with pleasure there is double happiness, the giver is happy and the person who receives what is given is also happy.

- U Thittila

We are dependent in the beginning and at the end. While we are independent, let us not forget the nature of dependency.

- Dalai Lama

Virtue and morality are the mother and father of the Dhamma growing within us.
They provide it with the proper nourishment and guidance.

- Ajahn Chah

Vice can found in everyone but not virtue.

- Ajahn Chah

Everything we do is an act of poetry or a painting if we do it with mindfulness.

- Thich Nhat Hanh

Anger is like leaping into a wonderfully responsive sports car, gunning the motor, taking off at high speed and then discovering the brakes are out of order.

- Maggie Scarf

(Anger is) a wind that blows out the lamp of the mind.

- Robert Ingersoll

Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay.
Love isn't love till you give it away.

- Oscar Hammerstein II

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Sayings of the Buddha:

The Highest Gift	The gift of Truth excels all other gifts.
Accept Truth	If you find truth in any religion, accept that truth.
The external law	In this world , hatred can never be appeased by hatred. Hatred can only be appeased by love.This is the external law.
World within You	In this very one fathom, long body with perception and thoughts, I proclaim the world, the origin of the world, the cessation of the world and the path leading to the end of the world.
Mind is the forerunner	By mind the world is led, by the mind the world is drawn. And all men own the sovereignty of mind.
Two Different Paths	One is the road that leads to worldly gain , one leads to deathlessness - Eternal Bliss
Everything Is Impermanent	All conditioned things are impermanent. When one see this is Wisdom, then one becomes dispassionate towards the painful.
Ignorance	It is because you and I do not understand and comprehend the four noble truths that we have to run this long and weary round of existence -- Samsara
Lucky Day	Fools wait for a lucky day, but everyday is a lucky day for an industrious man.
Worldly Ties	The secret of happiness lies in mind's release from worldly ties.
Insufficient Knowledge	The man of little learning grows old like the ox. His body grows but wisdom grows not.
Life is dear to all	All tremble at the rod. All fear death. Feeling for others as for oneself, one should neither kill nor cause to kill.
A religion to practise	This is a religion for one to come and practise but not just to come and believe.
Evil-Doer Grieves	The evil-doer grieves here, he grieves hereafter. He grieves in both worlds. He grieves, he perishes with his own impure deed.
Vigilance and negligence	Vigilance is the path to deathlessness.Negligence is the path to death.The vigilant do not die. The negligent are as if dead already.
Real Fool	The fool who is aware of his foolishness is wise at least to that extent. But the fool who thinks himself wise is a fool indeed.
Highest Virtue	Tolerance, patience and understanding are the highest virtues every man should develop.
Righteous Living	The middle path of righteous living brings knowledge and understanding. It brings insight, leads to and wisdom, to awakening - Nibbana