Real happiness comes from having an unshakable connection to the deep wellspring of peace and happiness that is not dependent on external conditions.

Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you're bound to be successful. Bound to be successful.

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

When walking, just walk. When sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble.

Just as the wise do not take a mirage to be water, nor an echo to be a voice, so the enlightened do not take the world to be real.

The victorious ones have said that emptiness is the relinquishing of all views. Those who are possessed of the view of emptiness are said to be incurable.

Our practice cannot be perfect, but without being discouraged by this, we should continue it. This is the secret of practice.

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

The key to meditation is to recognize the nature of your mind rather than trying to change it.

The cave I live in is empty and so is my mind. I live simply and at ease.

Right View is not just a matter of intellectual understanding but of seeing things as they really are.

Compassion is not something we develop. It arises naturally as we see the truth of what is.

Faith is not a commodity that you either have or don't have - it is an inner quality that unfolds as we learn to trust our own deepest experience.

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

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken.

Each moment of noting is a moment of purification, a moment of cultivating the path.

Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

Happiness is found in the simplest of things. It is not in the things you own, but in the love you share.

Compassion is a verb.

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

If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.

Hope and fear come from feeling that we lack something; they come from a sense of poverty. We can't simply relax with ourselves. We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.

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

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

The eye with which I see Buddha is the same eye with which Buddha sees me.

The true mark of a spiritual practitioner is that your own behavior is better, not that you can criticize others well.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay.

When we understand that peace is not dependent on external conditions, we can find it in the midst of any circumstance.

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

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

Meditation is like catching a fish. If you try to catch it quickly, you'll miss it. If you have patience and know how to wait, the fish will come.

What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale.