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

The practice of mindfulness begins in the small, remote cave of your unconscious mind and blossoms with the sunlight of your conscious life.

The development of insight is gradual, but the realization of truth is sudden.

The entire path is a path of self-responsibility. Nobody else can walk it for you.

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

The Buddha's teaching is a middle way between all extremes, between eternalism and annihilationism, between self-indulgence and self-torture.

Awareness is the basis, or what you might call the "support," of the mind. It is steady and unchanging, like the pole to which the flag of ordinary consciousness is attached.

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

When you love someone, you have to have trust and confidence. Love without trust is not yet love.

Our emotions are like waves in the ocean. We can't stop the waves, but we can learn to surf.

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

Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.

Appearances are mind, mind itself is emptiness, emptiness itself is spontaneous presence.

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

Kindness is the solution to all of life's problems.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

When we rest in awareness, we discover a peace that is always present, regardless of circumstances.

Sankharas are the seeds of consciousness that manifest as sensations. By observing sensations equanimously, we stop creating new sankharas.

As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.

The practice of meditation is like tuning an instrument. Too tight, and the strings break. Too loose, and they won't play.

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

The mind is the forerunner of all things. Our present life is the result of our past thoughts, and our future life will be the result of our present thoughts.

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

Don't be a bodhisatta; don't be an arahant; don't be anything at all. Being something makes you suffer.

When we understand that peace is not dependent on external conditions, we can find it in the midst of any circumstance.

To see the truth, do not be for or against. The struggle between for and against is the mind's worst disease.

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.

The Noble Eightfold Path is not a path of mere intellectual understanding but a path of practice, of inner transformation.

Meditation is the road to happiness.

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

Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.