The four foundations of mindfulness are not separate practices but different aspects of the same practice of clear awareness.

Those who know emptiness, know impermanence. Those who know impermanence, know non-self. Those who know non-self, know peace.

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

Metta (loving-kindness) becomes truly effective only when it arises from a peaceful mind, a pure mind, a balanced mind.

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.

Zen teaches nothing; it merely enables us to wake up and become aware. It does not teach, it points.

The world is its own magic.

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

The Buddha and all sentient beings are nothing but expressions of the one mind. There is nothing else.

Ethical conduct is not a constraint upon our freedom but a condition of our freedom.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

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

When you look deeply into your anger, you will see that the person you call your enemy is also suffering. As soon as you see that, the capacity for accepting and having compassion for them is there.

In the moment of love, awareness is very strong. Use that awareness, that strength of consciousness, to look into yourself.

The treasure house within you contains everything, and you are free to use it. You don't need to seek outside.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate. Live in joy, in health, even among the afflicted. Live in joy, in peace, even among the troubled. Look within, be still.

My religion is to live and die without regret.

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

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.

Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts.

Mindfulness is the key to transformation. It enables us to see our experience as it really is, free from distortion and bias.

The Buddha's path is not about becoming somebody different but about becoming more and more who you really are.

Every step on the path must be with the understanding of anicca - impermanence. This is the essence of the teaching.

Compassion is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.

The goal of the Buddhist path is not to add something to our existence but to discover something that has been there all along.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.

Vipassana is the art of living. Not the art of escaping.

Emptiness is not nothingness. Emptiness is the space of possibility.

Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

By understanding emptiness, one understands all phenomena. Without understanding emptiness, one understands nothing.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.