When you recognize that pain and suffering are impermanent, you become free.

Every being has the potential of becoming a Buddha. Our true nature is Buddha nature.

The key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion.

Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead, it's about becoming more fully human.

Emptiness is not nothingness. Emptiness is the space of possibility.

When we develop patience, we find that we develop a reserve of calm and tranquility.

The ultimate revolution is the spiritual revolution, where we learn to see reality as it truly is.

True happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through cultivation of altruism, of love, of compassion.

The path is the goal. Every step of the journey is the journey.

The Buddha taught that wealth does not bring happiness and security. The pursuit of wealth is a matter of living in balance.

The purpose of life is to be happy, to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is not to be well known, cited, or powerful.

The practice of Buddhism is fundamentally a practice of expanding our happiness and diminishing our suffering.

The mind is everything. What you think, you become.

Enlightenment is the realization that we were never really separate from one another or from all of life.

The essence of Buddhism is not a belief system but a systematic investigation of our experience.

The ultimate purpose of Buddhism is to serve and benefit humanity.

The root of happiness is altruism — the wish to be of service to others.

The path to enlightenment is not a path at all. It is a realization that where you are is where you have always been.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophy or a religion; it is a method of practice.

The essence of Buddhist practice is to reduce our selfishness and to work for the benefit of others.