Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

Suffering comes from our resistance to what is. Peace comes from our acceptance of what is.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

The root of suffering is attachment.

The difference between buddhas and sentient beings is that buddhas recognize their nature while sentient beings fail to recognize it.

The more we understand the nature of our mind, the more we understand the nature of our world.

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

When we understand others, we understand ourselves. When we love others, we love ourselves.

The Four Noble Truths are not mere doctrinal propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our lives.

Wherever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars you see. You are one with everything. That is more true than I can say, and more true than you can hear.

Past thoughts are traceless, clear, and empty. Future thoughts are unborn and fresh. The present moment abides naturally and unconstructed.

The Buddha's teaching challenges us to master the art of living, to live in a way that leads to the extinction of suffering.

Impermanence, suffering, and non-self are not philosophical concepts but realities to be directly perceived through mindfulness practice.

Dependent origination is not a theory about the origin of the world but a teaching that shows how suffering originates in dependence on our own mental processes.

The Noble Eightfold Path is not a path of mere intellectual understanding but a path of practice, of inner transformation.

The world is its own magic.

Without darkness, there is no light. Without the path, there is no arrival.

The most important factor in achieving happiness is the mind. Happiness and suffering are mental states and therefore depend on the mind.

Our true nature is like a diamond - pure, brilliant, and indestructible. No matter how much dirt covers it, its essential nature remains unchanged.

The deepest happiness comes from having an enduring sense of purpose, one that gives our lives meaning beyond the endless pursuit of pleasure and success.

For whom emptiness is possible, everything is possible. For whom emptiness is not possible, nothing is possible.

True freedom is not the absence of commitment but the presence of choice.

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

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, just as ice and water are of the same substance.

Zen in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom.

Loving-kindness is not something we need to manufacture. It's a natural expression of our awakened nature.

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

The mind that notes and the object that is noted are both impermanent. Understanding this leads to liberation.

Love is the wish that others be happy, and compassion is the wish that they be free from suffering.

The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.

Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.

The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.

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.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy. This is the goal of Buddhist practice.

Ethical conduct is not a constraint upon our freedom but a condition of our freedom.

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

To see the truth, do not be for or against. The struggle between for and against is the mind's worst disease.

The realization of impermanence leads not to despair but to a deeper appreciation of the preciousness of each moment.

By understanding emptiness, one understands all phenomena. Without understanding emptiness, one understands nothing.

Real happiness comes from having an unshakable connection to the deep wellspring of peace and happiness that is not dependent on external conditions.

The more we understand impermanence, the more we appreciate each moment of our lives.

Change is the nature of every phenomenon. Accept this truth and you will live a happy life.

Each moment of clear seeing is a moment of freedom from the illusion of permanence, satisfaction, and self.

If I had any position, I would thereby have a flaw. But since I have no position, I alone am without flaw.

To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma.

All that appears and exists, all of samsara and nirvana, has one ground, two paths, and two results. This is the magical display of awareness and unawareness.

Life is an art, and like perfect art it should be self-forgetting.

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

There is no difference at all between samsara and nirvana. There is no difference at all between nirvana and samsara.

The victorious ones have said that emptiness is the relinquishing of all views. Those who are possessed of the view of emptiness are said to be incurable.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.

The highest truth cannot be taught except through the conventional truth.

Happiness is not about getting what you want, but wanting what you've got.

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death.

When one sees with wisdom that all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, one is liberated from suffering.

Sankharas are the seeds of consciousness that manifest as sensations. By observing sensations equanimously, we stop creating new sankharas.

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