Do everything with a mind that lets go. Don't accept praise or gain or anything else. If you let go a little, you will have a little peace; if you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.

The mind is intrinsically empty. It's empty of all that we perceive as being intrinsically "me" and "mine."

When the heart is still, it can be kind. When the mind is still, it can see clearly.

If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.

You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can't solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside.

Right practice is steady practice. Whether you feel lazy or diligent, just keep practicing.

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

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: you won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

Our defilements are like tame tigers. If you feed them, they're tame. If you stop feeding them, they'll eat you up.

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

If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.

Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer, see it, know it, be empty.

Whatever we do, we should see ourselves. Reading books doesn't show us our defilements. Watch yourself. Watch your mind.

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher.

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

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

Don't think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.

If you want to understand suffering, you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there.

People who study a lot but don't practice are like a ladle in a soup pot. It's in the soup every day, but it doesn't know the taste of the soup.