The way we look at the world is the way the world looks.

Peace in oneself, peace in the world.

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure.

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

The path of practice moves from faith through understanding to direct realization.

Leave your front door and your back door open. Allow your thoughts to come and go. Just don't serve them tea.

Each moment of noting is a moment of purification, a moment of cultivating the path.

The water in the ocean can be rough or calm. It can be clear or murky. But the water itself doesn't mind.

Mindfulness is attention to life, and life itself is sacred.

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

The root of suffering is not in the world outside us but in our own minds.

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself.

In the monastery of your body, the monk of your mind must stay in retreat.

Mindfulness is not just bare attention but wise attention that leads to understanding and insight.

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

The mind is like a room with many windows. Open them all and let the fresh air in.

Instead of having a deep understanding of the teaching, we need a strong confidence in our teaching, which says that originally we have Buddha nature.

The purpose of meditation is to gain right understanding of the true nature of mental and physical phenomena.

When you generate negativity, you are the first victim of your negativity.

The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.

The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.

Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.

In true vipassana practice, there is no room for likes and dislikes. There is only observation.

The only things that are truly mine are my actions and their results.

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

Meditation is not about achieving anything. It's about letting go of everything.

Don't expect or desire anything. Just keep noting whatever arises in the present moment.

Genuine happiness comes from having developed basic human qualities, such as attention, emotional balance, and generosity.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who we think we should be, but about unbecoming who we are not.

Mindfulness is the gentle effort to be continuously present with experience.

When you understand that all phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self, attachment naturally falls away.