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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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