The root of all suffering is ignorance. The antidote to ignorance is wisdom that realizes emptiness.

The dharma is not outside of you. Looking for it elsewhere is like placing a Buddha on your head while searching for him everywhere else.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

The time of the past becomes the present, the time of the present becomes the future, the time of the future becomes the present, and the time of the present becomes the past.

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

The past is just a memory. The future is just a dream. Be here now.

When the heart is still, it can be kind. When the mind is still, it can see clearly.

When the mind is ready to understand, the truth will come to meet it.

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.

The practice of ethics is not about following rules but about developing inner purity and freedom.

The Dhamma unfolds in accordance with a definite sequence: faith, virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, and insight.

Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.

Just to be alive is enough.

Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead, it's about becoming more fully human.

The archer ceases to be conscious of himself as the one who is engaged in hitting the bull's-eye which confronts him. This state of unconsciousness is realized only when, completely empty and rid of the self, he becomes one with the perfecting of his technical skill.

Though the view should be as vast as the sky, keep your conduct as fine as barley flour.

Our own life has to be our message.

To see directly is to be free of hope and fear. Hope and fear are like a cloud before the sun.

When the iron bird flies and horses run on wheels, the Tibetan people will be scattered like ants across the face of the earth.

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

The only thing that we truly have control over is our attitude toward experience.

The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have.

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

Life is nothing but a continuous chain of sensations. Pleasant or unpleasant, observe them objectively.

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced mind that sees things clearly without reaction.

Mindfulness is the key to the present moment. Without it we cannot see the world clearly, and we cannot make the wisest choices in our lives.

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

The nature of mind is like a mirror. It is not affected by whatever appears in it, yet it never fails to reflect everything perfectly.

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

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.

The more you meditate, the more you understand yourself and the better friend you become to yourself.

The essence of meditation is not something complicated or exotic. It is simply taking a break from our habitual patterns.

Mindfulness is attention to life, and life itself is sacred.