The past is for learning from, not for living in.

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

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

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

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

When you recognize that pain and suffering are impermanent, you become free.

Real happiness comes from having an unshakable connection to the deep wellspring of peace and happiness that is not dependent on external conditions.

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The mind of the past is ungraspable; the mind of the future is ungraspable; the mind of the present is ungraspable.

People who study a lot but don't practice are like a ladle in a soup pot. It's in the soup every day, but it doesn't know the taste of the soup.

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

Appearances are mind, mind itself is emptiness, emptiness itself is spontaneous presence.

Peace is not found by changing the world, but by changing your attitude to the world.

Our true nature is like a diamond - pure, brilliant, and indestructible. No matter how much dirt covers it, its essential nature remains unchanged.

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

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

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

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy. This is the goal of Buddhist practice.

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

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

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

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

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

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

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

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

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

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

The Buddha's teachings are not a religion, but a science of mind.

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

The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life.

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

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

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

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

The deepest happiness comes from having an enduring sense of purpose, one that gives our lives meaning beyond the endless pursuit of pleasure and success.

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

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken.

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

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

The truth of suffering is not to be feared but to be understood through direct observation.

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 and all sentient beings are nothing but expressions of the one mind. There is nothing else.

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

The instant you speak about a thing, you miss the mark.

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The one who grasps at existence suffers in samsara, while the one who grasps at non-existence will find no liberation.

The dharma wheel turns from the beginning. There is neither excess nor deficiency. The whole universe is moistened with nectar, and the truth is ready to harvest.