The secret of happiness is to want what you already have.

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

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.

By understanding emptiness, one understands all phenomena. Without understanding emptiness, one understands nothing.

Whatever we do, we should see ourselves. Reading books doesn't show us our defilements. Watch yourself. Watch your mind.

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

The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.

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

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

The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous. Then they will be in control in a wider sense.

When you love someone, you have to have trust and confidence. Love without trust is not yet love.

The mind itself is the maker of all happiness and misery; yet beings do not understand this and blame external conditions.

The law of nature is the law of cause and effect. As you sow, so shall you reap.

The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.

Kindness is the solution to all of life's problems.

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

Wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but about seeing through all knowledge.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophy or a religion; it is a method of practice.

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

The practice of mindfulness transforms the mind from a place of suffering into an instrument of enlightenment.

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

When dharma fills your body and mind, you realize that something is missing.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

Our task is to learn to see clearly what is happening in each moment, rather than be lost in our reactions and judgments.

The more we understand our mind, the more we understand the world.

Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

Happiness is a skill that can be developed like playing an instrument or learning to read.

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

The key to transformation is not to fight with our experience but to open to it with awareness.

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.