What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

Suffering is not the end of the story; it is the middle of the story.

The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.

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

The goal of the Buddhist path is not to add something to our existence but to discover something that has been there all along.

The nature of mind is like a mirror. It is not affected by whatever appears in it, yet it never fails to reflect everything perfectly.

The essence of the teaching is emptiness and compassion. Without emptiness, compassion can become attachment. Without compassion, emptiness can become cold and distant.

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

When the iron bird flies and horses run on wheels, the Tibetan people will be scattered like ants across the face of the earth.

The deepest form of happiness comes from discovering the natural peace of our own awareness.

The biggest prison is the one we build in our own mind.

The law of nature is the law of cause and effect. As you sow, so shall you reap.

Life is like a cup of tea. It's all in how you make it.

What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.

The path of practice moves from faith through understanding to direct realization.

When you realize the emptiness of all phenomena, compassion will arise in your heart for all sentient beings who do not understand this truth.

The more you understand, the more you love; the more you love, the more you understand.

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

The awareness that you are here, right now, is the ultimate fact.

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

To live – is that not enough? To love – is that not everything?

External phenomena are like a dream, whatever appears is not real. Recognize the nature of dream-like phenomena to be dream-like.

Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.

Karma is not fate but the law of moral causation, showing us that we are the architects of our own destiny.

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

Right View is not just a matter of intellectual understanding but of seeing things as they really are.

Just as the wise do not take a mirage to be water, nor an echo to be a voice, so the enlightened do not take the world to be real.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

The purpose of Buddhist practice is not to become a Buddhist but to awaken to the nature of reality.

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

Our basic nature is pure awareness that simply cognizes experience. Everything else is temporary and adventitious.

The key to the Buddha's teaching is not grasping, not trying to hold onto things that are essentially impermanent and unstable.

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.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

The nature of life is change. The nature of change is painful. The nature of pain is temporary.

Real happiness lies within. It cannot be found in external objects or achievements.

The nature of everything is empty and clear, and the mind is beyond both existence and nonexistence.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

True happiness is not about getting rid of all our problems, but about changing our relationship to them.

The way is basically perfect. It is not a matter of practice or enlightenment.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

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

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

The essence of all phenomena is empty and clear like space. The nature of mind is awareness-emptiness like the sun and sky.

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

Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.

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

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

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

When mindfulness becomes continuous, the distinction between the observer and the observed begins to break down.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

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

The Buddha's teaching is a teaching of self-reliance, of being one's own master, one's own refuge.

All beings by nature are Buddha, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddha.

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

The nature of mind is the unity of awareness and emptiness.

In the beginning, nothing comes, in the middle nothing stays, in the end nothing goes.