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

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.

Real freedom is not about controlling our experience, but about being free within our experience.

Through violence, you may solve one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

The practice of mindfulness transforms the mind from a place of suffering into an instrument of enlightenment.

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

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

The more you understand impermanence, the more you appreciate every moment.

We need to learn to let our emotions pass through us like waves, without getting caught in their undertow.

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

Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.

In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.

The purpose of a spiritual discipline is to give us a way to stop the war, not by our force of will, but through understanding and through letting go.

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

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

Those who grasp at things as truly existent are like someone trying to catch the reflection of the moon in water.

Anxiety and excitement are the same emotion. The only difference is our attitude toward the experience.

My father is the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra. My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantabhadri. I belong to the caste of non-duality of these two.

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

The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous. Then they will be in control in a wider sense.

The perfect moment is this one, not the one you're waiting for.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

We can learn to be present with whatever is happening in our lives, and in this way, we can begin to transform our relationship to difficulty.

Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, just as ice and water are of the same substance.

Misery ceases to exist when we stop reacting to sensations.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

The practice of Dharma is a constant battle within oneself.

The Buddha's teaching challenges us to master the art of living, to live in a way that leads to the extinction of suffering.

The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves.

To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfection.

The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds.

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 deepest happiness comes from having an enduring sense of purpose, one that gives our lives meaning beyond the endless pursuit of pleasure and success.