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

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

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

Suffering is not the end of the story; it is the middle of the story.

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

Just to be alive is enough.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

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.

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

The realization of impermanence leads not to despair but to a deeper appreciation of the preciousness of each moment.

By understanding emptiness, one understands all phenomena. Without understanding emptiness, one understands nothing.

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

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

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

Sankharas are the seeds of consciousness that manifest as sensations. By observing sensations equanimously, we stop creating new sankharas.

The Buddha's teaching challenges us to master the art of living, to live in a way that leads to the extinction of suffering.

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

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.

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

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

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

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

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

Wherever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars you see. You are one with everything. That is more true than I can say, and more true than you can hear.

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

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

Enlightenment is not about becoming something special, but about realizing what we already are.

Real happiness lies within. It cannot be found in external objects or achievements.

The true person is not anyone in particular. But like the deep blue color of the limitless sky, it is everyone, everywhere in the world.

The key to the Buddha's teaching is not grasping, not trying to hold onto things that are essentially impermanent and unstable.

The experience of emptiness engenders compassion.

In the beginning, nothing comes, in the middle nothing stays, in the end nothing goes.

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

Real peace comes from seeing things as they really are, not as we want them to be.

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

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

The ultimate purpose of Buddhism is to serve and benefit humanity.

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

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

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

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

The three characteristics - impermanence, suffering, and non-self - are not philosophical concepts but aspects of experience to be directly observed.

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

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.

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

Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.

When you realize the emptiness of all phenomena, compassion will arise in your heart for all sentient beings who do not understand this truth.

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

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

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.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophy or a religion; it is a method of practice.

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

The goal of the Buddhist path is not to add something to our existence but to discover something that has been there all along.

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

The way we look at the world is the way the world looks.

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

Just as the wise do not take a mirage to be water, nor an echo to be a voice, so the enlightened do not take the world to be real.