If you want to know the past, look at the present. If you want to know the future, look at the present.

Altruism is not a luxury, it is a necessity for the survival of humanity.

The nature of mind is not something we need to achieve - it's something we need to recognize.

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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.

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

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

The water in the ocean can be rough or calm. It can be clear or murky. But the water itself doesn't mind.

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

Loving-kindness is not something we need to manufacture. It's a natural expression of our awakened nature.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy, and happiness is found in benefiting others.

Don't be a bodhisatta; don't be an arahant; don't be anything at all. Being something makes you suffer.

Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.

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

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

Ethical conduct is not a constraint upon our freedom but a condition of our freedom.

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

Expectations are the thieves of joy.

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

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

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

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

The nature of life is change. The nature of change is painful. The nature of pain is temporary.

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

The Four Noble Truths are not mere doctrinal propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our lives.

Buddhas and ordinary beings are not two. Enlightenment and delusion are not different paths.

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

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

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

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

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When mindfulness becomes continuous, the distinction between the observer and the observed begins to break down.

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

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

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

The root of suffering is attachment.

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

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

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

Awareness is the basis, or what you might call the "support," of the mind. It is steady and unchanging, like the pole to which the flag of ordinary consciousness is attached.

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

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

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

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