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

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

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.

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

If you want to find peace, then look at that point where you find you're dissatisfied and investigate what's really going on.

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.

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

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things.

Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.

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

The Buddha taught us to leave alone the things that don't lead to awakening.

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

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.

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

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

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

Don't be a bodhisatta; don't be an arahant; don't be anything at all. Being something makes you suffer.

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

The heart of the path is quite simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are.

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.