Real peace comes from seeing things as they really are, not as we want them to be.

When you practice zazen you should not try to attain anything. You should just sit in the complete calmness of your mind and not rely on anything.

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

If you want to find peace, then look at that point where you find you're dissatisfied and investigate what's really going on.

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

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

The practice is simply this: keep coming back to your breath during the day. This will give your mind a steadiness and your life a balance.

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

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

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.

Just observe whatever arises. Don't try to create anything, and don't reject anything.

When you let go of trying to control everything, you can relax and enjoy life.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.

The heart of one who practices is like the earth. No matter what they throw on it, the earth remains unchanged.

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.

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

The more we understand impermanence, the more we understand that we can't hold on to anything.

The nature of mind is clearer than the sky, yet we keep looking elsewhere.

The Buddha's teaching challenges us to master the art of living, to live in a way that leads to the extinction of suffering.

Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

In the beginning, nothing comes, in the middle nothing stays, in the end nothing goes.

The water in the ocean can be rough or calm. It can be clear or murky. But the water itself doesn't mind.

The measure of success in spiritual life is how peaceful you are.

The path of insight is a path of discovery, not a path of creation. We are discovering what is already there.

There are many ways to meditate. But at the heart of them all is mindfulness.

Expectations are the thieves of joy.

The mind of the past is ungraspable; the mind of the future is ungraspable; the mind of the present is ungraspable.

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

The object of meditation and the mind which knows it must be noted as they occur. If they are not noted, desire arises and disturbs concentration.

When you recognize that pain and suffering are impermanent, you become free.

Real freedom is not about controlling our experience, but about being free within our experience.