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

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

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

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.

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

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Trees, mountains, and vines all exist in nature according to their own truth. They are born and die following their nature. They remain this way because that's what they are. They don't practice meditation or do anything special.