If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.

The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.

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

Panic is a gateway to wisdom. When we learn to stay present with our panic, it becomes our teacher.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess.

When you note pain, you are not trying to make it go away. You are trying to understand its true nature.

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

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.

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

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile.

The more precisely you note, the more clearly you understand. The more clearly you understand, the stronger your insight becomes.

Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.

The Buddha's teachings are not about abandoning our lives but about bringing the fullness of our attention to our lives.

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

Those who grasp at things as truly existent are like someone trying to catch the reflection of the moon in water.

Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer evil with good. Conquer stinginess with giving. Conquer deceit with truth.

World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

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.

Peace in oneself, peace in the world.

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

Moment after moment, completely devote yourself to listening to your inner voice.

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

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

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

In the moment of pure noting, there is no self - only the knowing and the known.

The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.

When dharma fills your body and mind, you realize that something is missing.