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

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

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

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

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.

The experience of emptiness engenders compassion.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

If you want to know your past life, look at your present condition. If you want to know your future life, look at your present actions.

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

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

Expectations are the thieves of joy.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

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

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

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

When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

When you understand that all phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self, attachment naturally falls away.

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.

Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.

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

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

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.

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

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

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

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

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

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

Life is available only in the present moment.

The path to liberation requires both understanding and practice, both pariyatti and patipatti.

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

When you walk in the mist, you get wet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.

Enlightenment is not the end of change but the end of resistance to change.

Trees, mountains, and vines all exist in nature according to their own truth. They are born and die following their nature. They remain this way because that's what they are. They don't practice meditation or do anything special.

The root of all suffering is ignorance. The antidote to ignorance is wisdom that realizes emptiness.

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

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

Everybody has the light of Buddha within, but they don't look for it.

We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.