Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

The view is like a lion - it cannot be led around by anything else. Meditation is like an eagle - it cannot be distracted by anything else. Action is like a madman - it is free from accepting and rejecting.

Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.

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

Our practice cannot be perfect, but without being discouraged by this, we should continue it. This is the secret of practice.

When you love someone, you have to have trust and confidence. Love without trust is not yet love.

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.

The trouble is, you think you have time.

In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived, how well we have loved, how well we have learned to let go.

The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery.

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

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

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

The essence of meditation is not something complicated or exotic. It is simply taking a break from our habitual patterns.

In the gap between thoughts, nonconceptual wisdom shines continuously.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

The difference between being caught in thoughts and being mindful of thoughts is like the difference between being in a movie and watching a movie.

Though the view should be as vast as the sky, keep your conduct as fine as barley flour.

You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.

Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink.

Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.

When you note pain, you are not trying to make it go away. You are trying to understand its true nature.

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.

Life is available only in the present moment.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

The practice of meditation requires both energy and patience, both effort and relaxation.

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

Insight knowledge comes from direct experience, not from intellectual understanding.

Our true nature is like a diamond - pure, brilliant, and indestructible. No matter how much dirt covers it, its essential nature remains unchanged.

What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now.