True freedom is a freedom from the tyranny of our own thoughts and afflictive emotions.

To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma.

When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us.

The defilements of the mind are temporary visitors. Pure awareness is your true home.

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

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

For whom emptiness is possible, everything is possible. For whom emptiness is not possible, nothing is possible.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who we think we should be, but about unbecoming who we are not.

The force of the kindness of others is so strong, we can't possibly measure it.

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

The practice of Dharma is a constant battle within oneself.

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

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

The highest truth cannot be taught except through the conventional truth.

Don't think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.

Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.

When you note effectively, there is no time for defilements to arise. The mind becomes pure through noting.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

Be happy at the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

This very body is the Buddha. And this very earth the lotus paradise.

Maintain the state of undistractedness and distractions will fly away.

The essence of Buddhist practice is to bring everything onto the path. Every experience becomes an opportunity for awakening.

The biggest prison is the one we build in our own mind.

The purpose of life is to be happy, to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is not to be well known, cited, or powerful.

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

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

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

The stages of insight unfold naturally when mindfulness is continuous. There is no need to desire them or try to make them happen.

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.

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

In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment of the present where life quivers in its true sense.

The nature of the mind is like the sky, and our thoughts, emotions, and experiences are like clouds passing through it.