Mindfulness is the gentle effort to be continuously present with experience.

When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.

Hope and fear come from feeling that we lack something; they come from a sense of poverty. We can't simply relax with ourselves. We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.

If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.

When you listen to someone, you should give up all your preconceived ideas and your subjective opinions.

When you walk in the mist, you get wet.

Nothing is permanent. Everything is subject to change. Being is always becoming.

In true vipassana practice, there is no room for likes and dislikes. There is only observation.

Life is nothing but a continuous chain of sensations. Pleasant or unpleasant, observe them objectively.

Do not mistake understanding for realization, and do not mistake realization for liberation.

To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things.

The dharma is not outside of you. Looking for it elsewhere is like placing a Buddha on your head while searching for him everywhere else.

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

Every being has the potential of becoming a Buddha. Our true nature is Buddha nature.

It is never too late to turn on the light.

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

Compassion is not mere sentiment but a powerful force that can transform both ourselves and others.

Time passes unhindered. When we make ourselves better, we make the world better.

When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick. Every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.

The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being becomes.

Happiness is not about getting what you want, but wanting what you've got.

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

The cave I live in is empty and so is my mind. I live simply and at ease.

The first step toward faith is to admit that we don't know everything.

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.

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 mind is like a well-forged sword - it adapts to all situations.

Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.

Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is awakened.

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.