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

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.

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

Meditation is not about escaping from difficulty but about meeting it with awareness.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look.

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals.

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

What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now.

The perfect moment is this one, not the one you're waiting for.

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

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

The goal of Buddhist practice is not to escape from the world but to transform our relationship with it.

The practice of metta begins with oneself, for only when we have developed loving-kindness towards ourselves can we truly offer it to others.

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger.

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

Understanding at the intellectual level is not enough. There must be experience at the actual level.

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

The supreme path is not to fabricate anything. The supreme meditation is not to be distracted.

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

The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities.

Faith is not a commodity that you either have or don't have - it is an inner quality that unfolds as we learn to trust our own deepest experience.

If you want to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be miserable, expect something in return.

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

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

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

The best way to solve a problem is to help someone else solve their problem.

Every moment of confusion is also a moment of wisdom, if we can learn to recognize it.

Forgiveness is letting go of the hope that the past could have been any different.

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

The truth of suffering is not to be feared but to be understood through direct observation.

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

The greatest obstacle to meditation is our expectation about what it should be.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

When you practice zazen you should not try to attain anything. You should just sit in the complete calmness of your mind and not rely on anything.

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.

Anxiety and excitement are the same emotion. The only difference is our attitude toward the experience.

We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people's hearts.

The superior person is like water, bringing benefit to all without competing.

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

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

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

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

Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.

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.

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

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

The obstacle is the path.

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

The practice of mindfulness leads naturally to concentration. Concentration leads naturally to wisdom.

Mindfulness is being aware of what's going on, not trying to control what's going on.

Mindfulness is not just bare attention but wise attention that leads to understanding and insight.

Each moment of noting is a moment of purification, a moment of cultivating the path.

The development of wisdom requires both study and practice, both learning and direct experience.

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

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

The past is gone, the future is not yet here. Live in the present moment with awareness.

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