The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.

Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are not our thoughts.

The practice of meditation is not about achieving states of bliss but about seeing things as they really are.

The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds.

The purpose of life is to be happy, to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is not to be well known, cited, or powerful.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

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

Meditation is not just about sitting quietly, it's about transforming the mind.

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

The world is its own magic.

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

Meditation is like catching a fish. If you try to catch it quickly, you'll miss it. If you have patience and know how to wait, the fish will come.

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

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.

Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.

The master's introduction is direct recognition of one's own nature. Meditation is maintaining the continuity of this recognition.

When concentration is developed, wisdom arises. When wisdom arises, one becomes disenchanted with the five aggregates.

Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.

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

The more you suffer the deeper grows your character, and with the deepening of your character you read the more penetratingly into the secrets of life.

Everybody has the light of Buddha within, but they don't look for it.

Buddhas and ordinary beings are not two. Enlightenment and delusion are not different paths.

The trouble is, you think you have time.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

The root of suffering is attachment.

The nature of life is change. The nature of change is painful. The nature of pain is temporary.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

The Buddha's teaching is not about belief but about investigation, not about accepting but about examining.

Just to be alive is enough.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

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