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

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

Those who understand interdependent origination understand suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand.

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

Altruism is not a luxury, it is a necessity for the survival of humanity.

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

The five aggregates are not a theoretical model but a description of lived experience to be investigated through mindfulness.

The world is its own magic.

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

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

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

The Dhamma unfolds in accordance with a definite sequence: faith, virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, and insight.

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

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

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

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

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

All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind.

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

Birth and death are neither two things nor one thing. Life is not an appearance, death is not a disappearance.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is awakened.

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.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

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

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

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

The lamp of wisdom burns constantly, illuminating the nature of mind.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

The eye with which I see Buddha is the same eye with which Buddha sees me.

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

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

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

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

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

When we understand that peace is not dependent on external conditions, we can find it in the midst of any circumstance.

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

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

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

Wisdom is not something we have to strive to acquire. Rather, wisdom arises naturally as we open our hearts to the truth of what is.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

What we learn about the world is colored by the way we approach it.

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

In Zen there must be satori; there must be a general mental upheaval which destroys the old accumulations of intellection and lays down the foundation for a new life.

Awareness is always with us. We don't need to create it or achieve it - we just need to recognize what's already there.

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

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

The path to liberation is through understanding the true nature of mind and matter through direct observation.

The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment.

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.

To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things.

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