Craving and aversion are the roots of suffering. Observe them with equanimity.

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.

To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and experience themselves is awakening.

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

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

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

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

The path of practice requires both faith and wisdom, both devotion and understanding.

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

Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.

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

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

The essence of the spiritual journey is the uncovering of what is always already present.

True happiness is born of letting go of what is unnecessary.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophical system but a practical guide to living.

The Dhamma is not a collection of doctrinal formulas but a path leading to direct insight into the nature of reality.

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

When concentration is developed, wisdom arises. When wisdom arises, one becomes disenchanted with the five aggregates.

The cultivation of loving-kindness is the thread that runs through all Buddhist teachings.

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

The contradiction so puzzling to the ordinary way of thinking comes from the fact that we have to use language to communicate our inner experience, which in its very nature transcends linguistics.

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

The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.

In the moment of pure noting, there is no self - only the knowing and the known.

The past is just a memory. The future is just a dream. Be here now.

What Zen wants us to do is to acquire an entirely new point of view whereby to look into the mysteries of life and the secrets of nature.

The path is not about moving from one place to another. It's about recognizing where we already are.

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

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

The teaching of the Buddha is based on two truths: conventional truth and ultimate truth. Without understanding the relationship between these two, the deeper meaning of the Buddha's teaching cannot be understood.

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

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

Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

The purpose of meditation is to gain right understanding of the true nature of mental and physical phenomena.

Nothing is permanent. Everything is subject to change. Being is always becoming.

The true person is not anyone in particular. But like the deep blue color of the limitless sky, it is everyone, everywhere in the world.

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

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

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

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

To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things.

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 basic teaching of Buddhism is the teaching of transiency, or change.

Wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but about seeing through all knowledge.

To live fully is to let go and die with each step.

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

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

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

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.

The knowledge of dissolution comes when you see both the noting mind and noted object dissolving together.

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

Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

The world is its own magic.

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.

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.