Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

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

The truth of suffering is not to be feared but to be understood through direct observation.

If you want to know the past, look at the present. If you want to know the future, look at the present.

Those who know emptiness, know impermanence. Those who know impermanence, know non-self. Those who know non-self, know peace.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

Where is the place that your original face has not yet emerged?

Happiness is not the pursuit of an endless succession of experiences but an attitude toward life.

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.

Compassion is the radicalism of our time.

If you want to know your past life, look at your present condition. If you want to know your future life, look at your present actions.

Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are not our thoughts.

The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities.

To live – is that not enough? To love – is that not everything?

Meditation is not about achieving anything. It's about letting go of everything.

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.

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things.

The master's introduction is direct recognition of one's own nature. Meditation is maintaining the continuity of this recognition.

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

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

The measure of success in spiritual life is how peaceful you are.

We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

Karma is not fate but the law of moral causation, showing us that we are the architects of our own destiny.

Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead, it's about becoming more fully human.

Each moment of clear seeing is a moment of freedom from the illusion of permanence, satisfaction, and self.

Love is the wish that others be happy, and compassion is the wish that they be free from suffering.

Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.

The essence of the spiritual journey is the uncovering of what is always already present.

Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.

The door of your heart can only be opened from the inside.