Mindfulness is the key to the present moment. Without it we cannot see the world clearly, and we cannot make the wisest choices in our lives.

Concentration develops naturally through continuous noting. Don't try to force concentration to arise.

Observe the reality as it is, not as you wish it to be.

Mindfulness is attention to life, and life itself is sacred.

Our own life has to be our message.

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

Just as the wise do not take a mirage to be water, nor an echo to be a voice, so the enlightened do not take the world to be real.

The only way to fail at meditation is to stop doing it.

We can learn the art of fierce compassion - redefining strength, deconstructing isolation and renewing a sense of community, practicing letting go of rigid us-vs.-them thinking.

The more you understand impermanence, the more you appreciate every moment.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay.

The snow lion stays in the mountains, and the snow lion's ways are the snow lion's ways.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

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

The nature of the mind is like the sky, and our thoughts, emotions, and experiences are like clouds passing through it.

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything.

Zen teaches nothing; it merely enables us to wake up and become aware. It does not teach, it points.

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.

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

World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

Just observe whatever arises. Don't try to create anything, and don't reject anything.

The force of the kindness of others is so strong, we can't possibly measure it.

The entire path is a path of self-responsibility. Nobody else can walk it for you.

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

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

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

The key to meditation is to recognize the nature of your mind rather than trying to change it.