Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

Short moments, many times. That is the essence of meditation practice.

Nothing can harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.

The real purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

Wisdom and compassion must be developed equally and harmoniously.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

The nature of everything is illusory and ephemeral, those with dualistic perception regard suffering as happiness, like they who lick the honey from a razor's edge.

The true person is not anyone in particular. But like the deep blue color of the limitless sky, it is everyone, everywhere in the world.

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.

What we learn about the world is colored by the way we approach it.

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life.

The path is not about moving from one place to another. It's about recognizing where we already are.

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

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

The best way to solve a problem is to help someone else solve their problem.

The contradiction so puzzling to the ordinary way of thinking comes from the fact that we have to use language to communicate our inner experience, which in its very nature transcends linguistics.

Meditation is not about getting away from it all. It's about getting into it all.

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.

When mindfulness becomes continuous, the distinction between the observer and the observed begins to break down.

Compassion is not something we develop. It arises naturally as we see the truth of what is.

The mind that notes and the object that is noted are both impermanent. Understanding this leads to liberation.

The goal of Buddhist practice is not to escape from the world but to transform our relationship with it.

The Four Noble Truths are not merely theoretical propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our experience.

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?

The Four Noble Truths are not mere doctrinal propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our lives.

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.

True peace is found not in the absence of experience but in the clear seeing of all experience.

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce.

The supreme path is not to fabricate anything. The supreme meditation is not to be distracted.

Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.