When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.

The essence of Buddhism is not a belief system but a systematic investigation of our experience.

To be attached to a thing means that mind and the thing meet and grow into each other.

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

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

The practice of mindfulness begins in the small, remote cave of your unconscious mind and blossoms with the sunlight of your conscious life.

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

Those who know emptiness, know impermanence. Those who know impermanence, know non-self. Those who know non-self, know peace.

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

Mindfulness is being aware of what is happening right now, without wishing it were different.

Right View is not just a matter of intellectual understanding but of seeing things as they really are.

The basic teaching of Buddhism is the teaching of transiency, or change.

Your mind is like a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.

Awareness is always with us. We don't need to create it or achieve it - we just need to recognize what's already there.

When we understand that peace is not dependent on external conditions, we can find it in the midst of any circumstance.

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.

Enlightenment is not about becoming something special, but about realizing what we already are.

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

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

The precious pot containing my riches becomes my teacher in the very moment it breaks.

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

The five aggregates are not a theoretical model but a description of lived experience to be investigated through mindfulness.

Each moment of noting is a moment of purification, a moment of cultivating the path.

The everyday practice is simply to develop complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions.

The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.

The movement of love is what creates the beauty in our lives.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

The world is its own magic.

Start from where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

The only thing that we truly have control over is our attitude toward experience.

Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world.