Radiate boundless love towards the entire world — above, below, and across — unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.

When you recognize that pain and suffering are impermanent, you become free.

What Zen wants us to do is to acquire an entirely new point of view whereby to look into the mysteries of life and the secrets of nature.

Although all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, they function perfectly well.

The art of living... is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.

Better to have one moment of genuine meditation than to perform religious activities for a thousand years.

Real peace comes from seeing things as they really are, not as we want them to be.

The practice of mindfulness is simple: whatever you experience, you observe and note it.

Peace and negativity cannot coexist just as light and darkness cannot coexist.

The goal of the Buddhist path is not to add something to our existence but to discover something that has been there all along.

The silence between the notes is as important as the notes themselves.

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

The development of wisdom does not occur in isolation but requires the cultivation of the entire Noble Eightfold Path.

The Buddha's teachings are not a religion, but a science of mind.

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

The mind is the forerunner of all things. Our present life is the result of our past thoughts, and our future life will be the result of our present thoughts.

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

The movement of love is what creates the beauty in our lives.

Trees, mountains, and vines all exist in nature according to their own truth. They are born and die following their nature. They remain this way because that's what they are. They don't practice meditation or do anything special.

Hasten slowly and you will soon arrive.

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

Personal experience is everything in Zen. No ideas are intelligible to those who have no backing of experience.

The more we understand impermanence, the more we understand that we can't hold on to anything.

If you want to find peace, then look at that point where you find you're dissatisfied and investigate what's really going on.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

The more we understand the nature of our mind, the more we understand the nature of our world.

The more you meditate, the more you understand yourself and the better friend you become to yourself.

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

The obstacle is the path.

Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

The lamp of wisdom burns constantly, illuminating the nature of mind.

Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.