Fake Buddha Quotes collected

Theyre everywhere you look: Twitter, Facebook, blogs, quotes sites even in books by well-known Buddhists. Fake Buddha Quotes abound.

To those who are familiar with the Buddhist scriptures, these Hallmark-style quotes attributed to the Buddha ring false, but it seems many people are preferentially attracted to the fake variety.

Its hard sometimes to pinpoint why they sound fake. Usually its the language, which may be too flowery and poetic. Sometimes its the subject matter, which sounds too contemporary. The thing is, that although the Buddhist scriptures are vast (way larger than the Bible) theyre often not very quotable, or at least they tend not to have the immediate appeal that some of the fake variety has.

Bonus: Real Buddha Quotes that sound fake, such as People with opinions just go around bothering each other.