Our emotions are like waves in the ocean. We can't stop the waves, but we can learn to surf.

In the beginning, nothing comes, in the middle nothing stays, in the end nothing goes.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.

When the mind is ready to understand, the truth will come to meet it.

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

May all beings be happy, be peaceful, be liberated.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

Life is available only in the present moment.

Every moment of confusion is also a moment of wisdom, if we can learn to recognize it.

In the moment of anger, abandon anger but not the person. In the moment of attachment, abandon attachment but not the person.

When we look directly at our thoughts, they dissolve like bubbles in water.

True love is not for the faint-hearted.

Meditation is not an escape from reality but a way to understand reality as it truly is.

The Noble Eightfold Path is a path of training: training in ethical conduct, training in mental discipline, and training in wisdom.

Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as your capacity to ground your attention in the present moment.

The nature of mind is clearer than the sky, yet we keep looking elsewhere.

Meditation is not about trying to change your experience; it's about changing your relationship to your experience.

Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you're bound to be successful. Bound to be successful.

In meditation, we're not trying to get rid of thoughts but to recognize their true nature.

When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.

Right practice is steady practice. Whether you feel lazy or diligent, just keep practicing.

The real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.

You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can't solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious.

Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.

There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen. Even though you read much Zen literature, you must read each sentence with a fresh mind.

The goal of Buddhist practice is not to escape from the world but to transform our relationship with it.

The treasure house within you contains everything, and you are free to use it. You don't need to seek outside.

We need to learn to let our emotions pass through us like waves, without getting caught in their undertow.

True freedom is a freedom from the tyranny of our own thoughts and afflictive emotions.