The practice is simply this: keep coming back to your breath during the day. This will give your mind a steadiness and your life a balance.

Hope and fear come from feeling that we lack something; they come from a sense of poverty. We can't simply relax with ourselves. We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.

The more you meditate, the more you understand yourself and the better friend you become to yourself.

Every moment of mindfulness is a step on the path to liberation. Each step is valuable, no matter how small.

Genuine happiness comes from having developed basic human qualities, such as attention, emotional balance, and generosity.

The true path is not difficult; just avoid picking and choosing.

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.

Don't expect or desire anything. Just keep noting whatever arises in the present moment.

The practitioner and practice are like fire and wood. The more you practice, the more you burn.

The dharma is not about collecting more beliefs but about becoming free from the power of belief itself.

In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived, how well we have loved, how well we have learned to let go.

Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.

When dharma fills your body and mind, you realize that something is missing.

The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being becomes.

The more precisely you note, the more clearly you understand. The more clearly you understand, the stronger your insight becomes.

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

When you note effectively, there is no time for defilements to arise. The mind becomes pure through noting.

Liberation is not found by running away from our experience but by looking deeply into it.

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.

The practice of Zen mind is beginner's mind. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.

Meditation is not just about sitting quietly, it's about transforming the mind.

The mind has first to be attuned to the Unconscious.

Not by hatred is hatred conquered, but by love alone. This is an eternal law.

Though the view should be as vast as the sky, keep your conduct as fine as barley flour.

The path is not about perfecting ourselves, but about perfecting our love.

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

The obstacle is the path.

The Noble Eightfold Path is a path of training: training in ethical conduct, training in mental discipline, and training in wisdom.

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

The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can't solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside.

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.

Our defilements are like tame tigers. If you feed them, they're tame. If you stop feeding them, they'll eat you up.

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as your capacity to ground your attention in the present moment.

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

The dharma is not outside of you. Looking for it elsewhere is like placing a Buddha on your head while searching for him everywhere else.

Panic, anxiety, and stress are not obstacles to the practice. They are the path to wisdom and compassion.

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

The development of wisdom does not occur in isolation but requires the cultivation of the entire Noble Eightfold Path.

The path to liberation requires both understanding and practice, both pariyatti and patipatti.

The true mark of a spiritual practitioner is that your own behavior is better, not that you can criticize others well.

The technique of self-observation is the technique of observing the reality about oneself at the experiential level.

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

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

The path to liberation is a gradual path of self-discipline, self-development, and self-transformation.

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

When we recognize that our thoughts are just thoughts, we can choose whether or not to follow them.

True happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through cultivation of altruism, of love, of compassion.

The movement of love is what creates the beauty in our lives.

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

The view is like a lion - it cannot be led around by anything else. Meditation is like an eagle - it cannot be distracted by anything else. Action is like a madman - it is free from accepting and rejecting.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Panic is a gateway to wisdom. When we learn to stay present with our panic, it becomes our teacher.

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.

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