Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

The yogi's joy is in the solitude of mountains, where all distractions naturally dissolve into emptiness.

The trouble is, you think you have time.

The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.

Those who understand interdependent origination understand suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

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.

When mindfulness and concentration are strong, insight into the three characteristics naturally unfolds.

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

Our defilements are like tame tigers. If you feed them, they're tame. If you stop feeding them, they'll eat you up.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

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

If I had any position, I would thereby have a flaw. But since I have no position, I alone am without flaw.

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

Every sensation shares the same characteristic - arising, passing. Arising, passing. Learn to observe objectively.

The realization of impermanence leads not to despair but to a deeper appreciation of the preciousness of each moment.

When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.

Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.

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

A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.

The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.

Moment after moment, completely devote yourself to listening to your inner voice.

What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale.

My religion is to live and die without regret.

Sleep is the best meditation.

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.

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

True happiness is born of letting go of what is unnecessary.

Liberation is found in the practice, not in the theory.

The path to liberation is through understanding the true nature of mind and matter through direct observation.

To see directly is to be free of hope and fear. Hope and fear are like a cloud before the sun.

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

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