Start from where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time.

The practitioner and practice are like fire and wood. The more you practice, the more you burn.

The trouble is, you think you have time.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.

The cultivation of loving-kindness is the thread that runs through all Buddhist teachings.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

The idea of Zen is to catch life as it flows. There is nothing extraordinary or mysterious about Zen. I raise my hand; I take a book from the other side of the desk; I hear the boys playing ball outside my window; I see the clouds blown away beyond the neighboring wood: all these I do in Zen.

The path is not about perfecting ourselves, but about perfecting our love.

Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world.

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

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

If you want to know your past life, look at your present condition. If you want to know your future life, look at your present actions.

The dharma is not about collecting more beliefs but about becoming free from the power of belief itself.

The practice of meditation requires both energy and patience, both effort and relaxation.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure.

The nature of mind is the unity of awareness and emptiness.

We need the courage to learn from our experience and the wisdom to be willing to change and grow.

When we develop patience, we find that we develop a reserve of calm and tranquility.

Mindfulness is the gentle effort to be continuously present with experience.

Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.

The past is for learning from, not for living in.

Forgiveness is not a moral issue. It's a power issue. When we hold onto grievance and resentment, we are giving our power away.

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

Forgiveness is letting go of the hope that the past could have been any different.

Every being has the potential of becoming a Buddha. Our true nature is Buddha nature.

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

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

The way is basically perfect. It is not a matter of practice or enlightenment.

The eye with which I see Buddha is the same eye with which Buddha sees me.

The highest mantra is to be without deception. The highest medicine is to have few desires. The highest meditation is not to be attached.