External seeking only leads to exhaustion. When you imitate others, you lose your own authenticity.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

If you want to know your past life, look into your present condition; if you want to know your future life, look into your present actions.

The experience of emptiness engenders compassion.

The nature of everything is illusory and ephemeral, those with dualistic perception regard suffering as happiness, like they who lick the honey from a razor's edge.

My religion is to live and die without regret.

Hasten slowly and you will soon arrive.

The six realms of existence are like a dream, why build a prison for yourself?

The snow lion stays in the mountains, and the snow lion's ways are the snow lion's ways.

Maintain the state of undistractedness and distractions will fly away.

The goal of meditation is not to reach some highest place, but to remain in the place where you already are.

In my youth I studied, in my prime I practiced, now all my doubts are cleared.

The practice of Dharma is a constant battle within oneself.

The mind is the source of all happiness and the source of all suffering.

The practitioner and practice are like fire and wood. The more you practice, the more you burn.

The cave I live in is empty and so is my mind. I live simply and at ease.

The teaching is simple: act with kindness and compassion. If you cannot do this, at least try not to harm others.

The most important thing in life is to know death is coming and to prepare for it.

The only things that are truly mine are my actions and their results.

To be attached to a thing means that mind and the thing meet and grow into each other.