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

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

The farther you enter into truth, the deeper it is.

When you walk in the mist, you get wet.

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

The law of nature is the law of cause and effect. As you sow, so shall you reap.

Dependent origination is not a theory about the origin of the world but a teaching that shows how suffering originates in dependence on our own mental processes.

The path to enlightenment is not a path at all. It is a realization that where you are is where you have always been.

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

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.

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

The six realms of existence are like a dream, why build a prison for yourself?

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

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

The path of practice moves from faith through understanding to direct realization.

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

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

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.

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

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

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

The Buddha taught us to leave alone the things that don't lead to awakening.

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.

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

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

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

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink.

The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.

To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma.

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

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

The nature of mind is the unity of awareness and emptiness.

Neither from itself nor from another, nor from both, nor without a cause, does anything whatever, anywhere arise.

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

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

The dharma is not about collecting more beliefs but about becoming free from the power of belief itself.

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.

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

This very body is the Buddha. And this very earth the lotus paradise.

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

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

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

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

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

To live is enough.

When we understand others, we understand ourselves. When we love others, we love ourselves.

The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.

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

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

We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.

The purpose of life is to be happy, to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is not to be well known, cited, or powerful.

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

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

Whatever is dependently co-arisen, that is explained to be emptiness. That, being a dependent designation, is itself the middle way.

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

True happiness is not found through the multiplication of desires but through their simplification.

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