The defilements of the mind are temporary visitors. Pure awareness is your true home.

Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

The cultivation of loving-kindness has the power to transform enmity into amity, hostility into hospitality.

In the moment of love, awareness is very strong. Use that awareness, that strength of consciousness, to look into yourself.

The practice of patience guards us against losing our presence of mind.

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we're holding back.

When walking, just walk. When sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble.

Nothing is permanent. Everything is subject to change. Being is always becoming.

When things fall apart and we're on the verge of we know not what, the test of each of us is to stay on that brink and not concretize.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophical system but a practical guide to living.

True love is not for the faint-hearted.

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

The first noble truth of the Buddha is that life contains suffering. The second noble truth is that the cause of suffering is craving.

In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess.

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher.

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

The more you understand, the more you love; the more you love, the more you understand.

The practice of mindfulness is simple: whatever you experience, you observe and note it.

The measure of success in spiritual life is how peaceful you are.

When we understand that peace is not dependent on external conditions, we can find it in the midst of any circumstance.

The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.

Generosity generates its own enthusiasm. We don't have to force ourselves to be generous; we just need to start.

The instant you speak about a thing, you miss the mark.

You are the master of your own mind. You can be your best friend or your worst enemy.

When you see forms or hear sounds fully engaging body-and-mind, you intuit dharma intimately.

May all beings be happy, be peaceful, be liberated.

The way to overcome anger is to be too busy being kind to have time to be angry.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.