To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

The person who clings to nothing of the past, present and future, who has no attachment and no aversion, has no conceptual imprints.

Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time.

Many people think excitement is happiness... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

In the moment of pure noting, there is no self - only the knowing and the known.

If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence.

Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.

When one sees with wisdom that all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, one is liberated from suffering.

In my youth I studied, in my prime I practiced, now all my doubts are cleared.

World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.

The dharma is not outside of you. Looking for it elsewhere is like placing a Buddha on your head while searching for him everywhere else.

Faith is not a commodity that you either have or don't have - it is an inner quality that unfolds as we learn to trust our own deepest experience.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought.

The mind is intrinsically empty. It's empty of all that we perceive as being intrinsically "me" and "mine."

Through continuous mindfulness practice, the true nature of physical and mental phenomena becomes clear.

The practice is simply this: keep coming back to your breath during the day. This will give your mind a steadiness and your life a balance.

Through understanding emptiness, one does not become proud of one's virtues, just as one does not become proud of building a castle in the sky.

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

There are many ways to meditate. But at the heart of them all is mindfulness.

The supreme path is not to fabricate anything. The supreme meditation is not to be distracted.

When we recognize that our thoughts are just thoughts, we can choose whether or not to follow them.

When you realize the emptiness of all phenomena, compassion will arise in your heart for all sentient beings who do not understand this truth.

Happiness is not the pursuit of an endless succession of experiences but an attitude toward life.

The basic teaching of Buddhism is the teaching of transiency, or change.

The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person's suffering and bring that person joy.

Each breath is a new beginning, a fresh opportunity to awaken.

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

Misery ceases to exist when we stop reacting to sensations.

The practice of metta begins with oneself, for only when we have developed loving-kindness towards ourselves can we truly offer it to others.

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

The movement of love is what creates the beauty in our lives.

The trouble is, you think you have time.