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

When we know the truth, we become people who don't have to think much, we become people with wisdom.

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

Meditation is not about achieving anything. It's about letting go of everything.

Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.

Since all things are empty of inherent existence, anything is possible. If things had inherent existence, nothing would be possible.

When things fall apart and we're on the verge of we know not what, the test of each of us is to stay on that brink and not concretize.

Altruism is not a luxury, it is a necessity for the survival of humanity.

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

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

Enlightenment is not about becoming something special, but about realizing what we already are.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

The development of wisdom does not occur in isolation but requires the cultivation of the entire Noble Eightfold Path.

Happiness is not about getting what you want, but wanting what you've got.

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

In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.

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

When you see forms or hear sounds fully engaging body-and-mind, you intuit dharma intimately.

The key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion.

We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree.

When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point.

Panic, anxiety, and stress are not obstacles to the practice. They are the path to wisdom and compassion.

The Four Noble Truths are not mere doctrinal propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our lives.

When you understand that all phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self, attachment naturally falls away.

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

The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.

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

The realization of impermanence leads not to despair but to a deeper appreciation of the preciousness of each moment.

The essence of Buddhist practice is to bring everything onto the path. Every experience becomes an opportunity for awakening.

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