When you walk in the mist, you get wet.

Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer, see it, know it, be empty.

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

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy. This is the goal of Buddhist practice.

When we rest in awareness, we discover a peace that is always present, regardless of circumstances.

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

The eye with which I see Buddha is the same eye with which Buddha sees me.

My religion is to live and die without regret.

Faith is the firm foundation, diligence the supporting pillar, and wisdom the roof of the house of practice.

The purpose of meditation is not to create a new state of mind, but to recognize what is already present.

Face your own anger and you will be free from anger. Face your own fears and you will be free from fear.

When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.

Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer evil with good. Conquer stinginess with giving. Conquer deceit with truth.

The more clearly you see the arising and passing of phenomena, the less you will be attached to them.

The practice of meditation requires both energy and patience, both effort and relaxation.

If you want to find peace, then look at that point where you find you're dissatisfied and investigate what's really going on.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

The world is its own magic.

What we learn about the world is colored by the way we approach it.

Sleep is the best meditation.

The path is the goal. Every step of the journey is the journey.

Not by hatred is hatred conquered, but by love alone. This is an eternal law.

The cave I live in is empty and so is my mind. I live simply and at ease.

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

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

Do everything with a mind that lets go. Don't accept praise or gain or anything else. If you let go a little, you will have a little peace; if you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.

You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.

If you want to know your past life, look at your present condition. If you want to know your future life, look at your present actions.

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

Craving and aversion are the roots of suffering. Observe them with equanimity.

The archer ceases to be conscious of himself as the one who is engaged in hitting the bull's-eye which confronts him. This state of unconsciousness is realized only when, completely empty and rid of the self, he becomes one with the perfecting of his technical skill.

The essence of meditation is not something complicated or exotic. It is simply taking a break from our habitual patterns.