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

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

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

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

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

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

The ultimate revolution is the spiritual revolution, where we learn to see reality as it truly is.

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

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

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

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

The more we understand impermanence, the more we understand that we can't hold on to anything.

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

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

The secret of happiness is to want what you already have.

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

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

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

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

When concentration is developed, wisdom arises. When wisdom arises, one becomes disenchanted with the five aggregates.

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

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.

As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself.

Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.

Through continuous mindfulness practice, the true nature of physical and mental phenomena becomes clear.

The practice of ethics is not about following rules but about developing inner purity and freedom.

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

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

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

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

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?

To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things.

In Zen there must be satori; there must be a general mental upheaval which destroys the old accumulations of intellection and lays down the foundation for a new life.

Don't try to push away the darkness. Just light a lamp. The darkness will disappear by itself.

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.

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

We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.

Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive anyway.

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

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

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

Instead of having a deep understanding of the teaching, we need a strong confidence in our teaching, which says that originally we have Buddha nature.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The difference between buddhas and sentient beings is that buddhas recognize their nature while sentient beings fail to recognize it.

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

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

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

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

Like a dream, like an illusion, like a city of gandharvas, that's how birth, and that's how living, that's how dying are taught to be.

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

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

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

Enlightenment is the realization that we were never really separate from one another or from all of life.

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.