Happiness is found in the simplest of things. It is not in the things you own, but in the love you share.

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 secret of happiness lies not in getting what we want, but in learning to want what we already have.

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

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

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

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

The defilements of the mind are temporary visitors. Pure awareness is your true home.

The goal of Buddhist practice is not to escape from the world but to transform our relationship with it.

The practice of vipassana is the study of the self. When you study physical and mental phenomena, you are studying the truth about yourself.

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

The more you understand impermanence, the more you appreciate every moment.

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

The path of awakening is not about becoming who we think we should be, but about unbecoming who we are not.

The quality of every moment depends on the state of our minds.

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

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

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

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

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

The spiritual journey begins with the recognition that beneath our surface happiness there lies a deep inner pain.

The mind that sees its own nature becomes free from all extremes.

Since all things are empty of inherent existence, anything is possible. If things had inherent existence, nothing would be possible.

The practice of ethics is not about following rules but about developing inner purity and freedom.

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

Change is possible because there is nothing inherently permanent about our disturbing emotions.

Recognize the emptiness of all phenomena, but do not become attached to emptiness itself.

The Buddha's teaching is not about belief but about investigation, not about accepting but about examining.

Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure.

The mind is the forerunner of all things. Our present life is the result of our past thoughts, and our future life will be the result of our present thoughts.

Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.

The nature of the mind is like the sky, and our thoughts, emotions, and experiences are like clouds passing through it.

The Buddha's teaching is a middle way between all extremes, between eternalism and annihilationism, between self-indulgence and self-torture.

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

In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment of the present where life quivers in its true sense.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Happiness is not the pursuit of an endless succession of experiences but an attitude toward life.

Wisdom arises when you see the true characteristics of phenomena through direct experience.

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

The time of the past becomes the present, the time of the present becomes the future, the time of the future becomes the present, and the time of the present becomes the past.

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

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

The first noble truth of the Buddha is that life contains suffering. The second noble truth is that the cause of suffering is craving.

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

Don't try to push away the darkness. Just light a lamp. The darkness will disappear by itself.

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.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

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 mind is intrinsically empty. It's empty of all that we perceive as being intrinsically "me" and "mine."

Those who grasp at things as truly existent are like someone trying to catch the reflection of the moon in water.

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

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