Buddhists Quotes

Ultimately the atomic physicists - (`Albert Einstein (I)`, Niels Bohr, [Prof. Dr. Martin Heisenberg) - all agreed that science couldn`t answer the mystery of the universe. So I was impressed with all that. Once it gets organized - even if it`s Buddhism or Taoism or Kabbalah - I`m not a member. Einstein said Buddhism was the only religion that could cope with modern scientific needs. So they arrived at the same place the Buddhists did 2,500 years ago. There`s no answer to any of it. That`s liberating. It`s an enlightening concept.

I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind.

The Buddhists feel that you are recreated as some thing, as an insect, or an animal, or a person, but that you`re not in some beautiful shiny place.

At first I would get mail saying, `Oh, you must be a Christian because the movie (Groundhog Day (1993)) so beautifully expresses Christian belief.` Then rabbis started calling from all over, saying they were preaching the film as their next sermon. And the Buddhists! Well, I knew they loved it because my mother-in-law has lived in a Buddhist meditation centre for 30 years and my wife lived there for five years. - remarks to the New York Times on the ecumenical popularity of Groundhog Day (1993).

Not just Christians and Jews, but also Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the followers of many other religions believe in values like peace, respect, tolerance and dignity. These are values that bring people together and enable us to build responsible and solid communities.

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.