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

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.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.

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

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.

Metta (loving-kindness) becomes truly effective only when it arises from a peaceful mind, a pure mind, a balanced mind.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have.

When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick. Every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower.

Wherever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars you see. You are one with everything. That is more true than I can say, and more true than you can hear.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay.

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

The practice of mindfulness leads naturally to concentration. Concentration leads naturally to wisdom.

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

The time of the past becomes the present, the time of the present becomes the future, the time of the future becomes the present, and the time of the present becomes the past.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

The path of practice moves from faith through understanding to direct realization.

When we understand others, we understand ourselves. When we love others, we love ourselves.

Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well.

Instead of having a deep understanding of the teaching, we need a strong confidence in our teaching, which says that originally we have Buddha nature.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here. Live in the present moment with awareness.

Vipassana is the art of living. Not the art of escaping.

Love is the wish that others be happy, and compassion is the wish that they be free from suffering.

When you understand that all phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self, attachment naturally falls away.

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

The difference between being caught in thoughts and being mindful of thoughts is like the difference between being in a movie and watching a movie.

Zen in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom.

When you generate negativity, you are the first victim of your negativity.