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

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

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

Our defilements are like tame tigers. If you feed them, they're tame. If you stop feeding them, they'll eat you up.

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

The mind is intrinsically empty. It's empty of all that we perceive as being intrinsically "me" and "mine."

A pure mind is always full of love - real love for all others.

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

The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.

Mindfulness is the quality and power of mind that is aware of what's happening—without judgment and without interference.

The mind is like a wild monkey, jumping here and there. But through meditation, we learn to see whatever arises in our mind with more spaciousness and clarity.

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

Every sensation shares the same characteristic - arising, passing. Arising, passing. Learn to observe objectively.

Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both. Appreciating the gloriousness inspires us, encourages us, cheers us up, gives us a bigger perspective, energizes us. We feel connected. But if that's all that's happening, we get arrogant and start to look down on others, and there is a sense of making ourselves a big deal and being really serious about it, wanting it to be like that forever. The gloriousness becomes tinged by craving and addiction. On the other hand, wretchedness--life's painful aspect--softens us up considerably. Knowing pain is a very important ingredient of being there for another person.

Happiness is a skill that can be developed like playing an instrument or learning to read.

What we learn about the world is colored by the way we approach it.

The more you understand yourself, the more you understand the world.

The path to liberation is through understanding the true nature of mind and matter through direct observation.

To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma.

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

The grass is greener where you water it.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure.

The way to overcome anger is to be too busy being kind to have time to be angry.

Leave your front door and your back door open. Allow your thoughts to come and go. Just don't serve them tea.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Should you desire the great tranquility, prepare to sweat white beads.

The root of all mind is your own present pure awareness. Rest in that essence without seeking elsewhere.

Peace in oneself, peace in the world.

The six realms of existence are like a dream, why build a prison for yourself?

The root of suffering is attachment.

When you realize the emptiness of all phenomena, compassion will arise in your heart for all sentient beings who do not understand this truth.

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.

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.