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.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Try to be mindful and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.

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.