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

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence.

Insight knowledge comes from direct experience, not from intellectual understanding.

In true vipassana practice, there is no room for likes and dislikes. There is only observation.

Do not mistake understanding for realization, and do not mistake realization for liberation.

Wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but about seeing through all knowledge.

As a flower that is lovely and beautiful, but is scentless, even so fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who does not practice it.

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.

Mindfulness is the key to transformation. It enables us to see our experience as it really is, free from distortion and bias.

The Buddha's teaching is not about belief but about investigation, not about accepting but about examining.

The true understanding is that the practice itself is enlightenment.

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

Generosity generates its own enthusiasm. We don't have to force ourselves to be generous; we just need to start.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

The yogi's joy is in the solitude of mountains, where all distractions naturally dissolve into emptiness.

The Dhamma is not a collection of doctrinal formulas but a path leading to direct insight into the nature of reality.

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

Mindfulness is being aware of what is happening right now, without wishing it were different.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

When walking, just walk. When sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble.

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

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

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

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

When things fall apart and we're on the verge of we know not what, the test of each of us is to stay on that brink and not concretize.

Meditation is not about achieving anything. It's about letting go of everything.

Meditation is not about getting away from it all. It's about getting into it all.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophical system but a practical guide to living.

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

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

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

Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don't try to figure anything out. Don't try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest.

Whoever told you that practice and enlightenment are separate?

When you note pain, you are not trying to make it go away. You are trying to understand its true nature.

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things.

The dharma wheel turns from the beginning. There is neither excess nor deficiency. The whole universe is moistened with nectar, and the truth is ready to harvest.

Faith is the firm foundation, diligence the supporting pillar, and wisdom the roof of the house of practice.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

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

You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.

The rising and falling of the abdomen is not the main object. The main object is to develop mindfulness, concentration, and insight.

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

The master's introduction is direct recognition of one's own nature. Meditation is maintaining the continuity of this recognition.

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious.

Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer, see it, know it, be empty.

Concentration and insight are like two wings of a bird: both are necessary for the flight to liberation.

Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken! Take heed, do not squander your life.

Zen proposes its solution by directly appealing to facts of personal experience and not to book-knowledge.

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

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

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

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

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

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

Your mind is like a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.