The more clearly you see the arising and passing of phenomena, the less you will be attached to them.

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

The purpose of life is to be happy, to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is not to be well known, cited, or powerful.

Although all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, they function perfectly well.

Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well.

The practice of mindfulness is the practice of being alive in the present moment.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

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

The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.

Birth and death are neither two things nor one thing. Life is not an appearance, death is not a disappearance.

The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.

Impermanence, suffering, and non-self are not philosophical concepts but realities to be directly perceived through mindfulness practice.

The Buddha's teaching is a middle way between all extremes, between eternalism and annihilationism, between self-indulgence and self-torture.

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.

The dharma is not in the books. If you want to find the dharma, look in your mind.

True love is not for the faint-hearted.

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

When I run from suffering, it follows me. When I face suffering with equanimity, it runs from me.

The more we understand the nature of our mind, the more we understand the nature of our world.

Compassion is the radicalism of our time.

The art of living... is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.

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

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.

The challenge in meditation is not to eliminate thinking but to understand the nature of thought itself.

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

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

The only way to fail at meditation is to stop doing it.

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

When you walk in the mist, you get wet.

Kindness is the solution to all of life's problems.

The everyday practice is simply to develop complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions.