The practice is not about achieving special states but about seeing ordinary experience with extraordinary clarity.

External seeking only leads to exhaustion. When you imitate others, you lose your own authenticity.

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

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

The more you give, the more you have. That's the economics of kindness.

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

It is never too late to turn on the light.

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.

Liberation is found in the practice, not in the theory.

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

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

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

The path to liberation requires both individual effort and the support of the spiritual community.

Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.

Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks.

Every step on the path must be with the understanding of anicca - impermanence. This is the essence of the teaching.

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

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

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

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

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

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

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

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

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

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion.

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

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

Short moments, many times. That is the essence of meditation practice.

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

Meditation is the road to happiness.

The real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

The essence of Buddhism is not a belief system but a systematic investigation of our experience.

May all beings be happy, be peaceful, be liberated.

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

When you let go of trying to control everything, you can relax and enjoy life.

Sensations are not your enemy. They are your teacher. Through observing them, you understand the truth of existence.

Ethical conduct is not a constraint upon our freedom but a condition of our freedom.

The Buddha's teachings are not about abandoning our lives but about bringing the fullness of our attention to our lives.

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

Our task is not to seek for love but to find all the barriers within ourselves that we have built against it.

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.

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

Do everything with a mind that lets go. Don't accept praise or gain or anything else. 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.

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.

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

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

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

The Buddha's teaching challenges us to master the art of living, to live in a way that leads to the extinction of suffering.

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

The obstacle is the path.

True happiness is not found through the multiplication of desires but through their simplification.

When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.

Compassion is the radicalism of our time.