The path of insight is a path of discovery, not a path of creation. We are discovering what is already there.

The most important things in our practice are our physical posture and our way of breathing.

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

The difference between buddhas and sentient beings is that buddhas recognize their nature while sentient beings fail to recognize it.

The world is its own magic.

World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.

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

Freedom is not found in the absence of difficulty, but in our relationship to it.

The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.

The key to meditation is to recognize the nature of your mind rather than trying to change it.

Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look.

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.

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

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.

The only way to fail at meditation is to stop doing it.

The practice of ethics is not about following rules but about developing inner purity and freedom.

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

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

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

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

The path to liberation requires both individual effort and the support of the spiritual community.

Wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but about seeing through all knowledge.

If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.

The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought.

It is never too late to turn on the light.

When thoughts arise, recognize them as the display of your own awareness, like recognizing your own children in a crowd.

Buddhist practice is not to eliminate life's problems but to grow with them patiently and with compassion.

The path to liberation is a gradual path of self-discipline, self-development, and self-transformation.

Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.

Each breath is a new beginning, a fresh opportunity to awaken.

The goal of meditation is not to achieve a blank mind, but to gain insight into the nature of mind itself.

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

The nature of mind is like a mirror. It is not affected by whatever appears in it, yet it never fails to reflect everything perfectly.