The mind has first to be attuned to the Unconscious.

The practice of mindfulness is the practice of being alive in the present moment.

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

Mindfulness is the key to the present moment. Without it we cannot see the world clearly, and we cannot make the wisest choices in our lives.

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.

The essence of meditation is not something complicated or exotic. It is simply taking a break from our habitual patterns.

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

The path of practice requires both faith and wisdom, both devotion and understanding.

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

If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.

The practice of mindfulness is simple: whatever you experience, you observe and note it.

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

There are many ways to meditate. But at the heart of them all is mindfulness.

The only thing that we truly have control over is our attitude toward experience.

The more we witness our emotional reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain.

Compassion is the radicalism of our time.

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.

Right practice is steady practice. Whether you feel lazy or diligent, just keep practicing.

The Buddha's teaching is a middle way between all extremes, between eternalism and annihilationism, between self-indulgence and self-torture.

Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are not our thoughts.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile.

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself.

The key to transformation is not to fight with our experience but to open to it with awareness.

The essence of Buddhist practice is to bring everything onto the path. Every experience becomes an opportunity for awakening.

The development of insight is gradual, but the realization of truth is sudden.

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

The highest mantra is to be without deception. The highest medicine is to have few desires. The highest meditation is not to be attached.

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.

The root of all mind is your own present pure awareness. Rest in that essence without seeking elsewhere.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

Kindness is the solution to all of life's problems.

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

The purpose of a spiritual discipline is to give us a way to stop the war, not by our force of will, but through understanding and through letting go.

The art of living... is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.

If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.

Wisdom and compassion must be developed equally and harmoniously.

Mindfulness is the gentle effort to be continuously present with experience.

The stages of insight unfold naturally when mindfulness is continuous. There is no need to desire them or try to make them happen.

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

Every moment is a fresh beginning. Every breath is a new chance.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Love is not a feeling. It's a capability.

The signs of practice are not in extraordinary experiences but in extraordinary awareness of ordinary experiences.

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

When you listen to someone, you should give up all your preconceived ideas and your subjective opinions.

The practice of mindfulness is simply to bring awareness to what we are doing, what we are saying, and what we are thinking.

The practice of patience guards us against losing our presence of mind.

In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.

The obstacle is the path.

Knowledge must be stabilized by meditation. Without meditation, knowledge is like a child in battle.

The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

The practice of mindfulness begins in the small, remote cave of your unconscious mind and blossoms with the sunlight of your conscious life.

Compassion is a verb.