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.

Whatever we do, we should see ourselves. Reading books doesn't show us our defilements. Watch yourself. Watch your mind.

The precious pot containing my riches becomes my teacher in the very moment it breaks.

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

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

In meditation, we're not trying to get rid of thoughts but to recognize their true nature.

At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening. If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully.

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

The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.

Compassion is not mere sentiment but a powerful force that can transform both ourselves and others.

Time passes unhindered. When we make ourselves better, we make the world better.

Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.

The Buddha's path is not about becoming somebody different but about becoming more and more who you really are.

The practice of meditation is like learning to play an instrument - it takes patience, regular practice, and a gentle touch.

The dharma is not in the books. If you want to find the dharma, look in your mind.

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

The only way to fail at meditation is to stop doing 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.

The path of insight is a path of discovery, not a path of creation. We are discovering what is already there.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.

In the moment of love, awareness is very strong. Use that awareness, that strength of consciousness, to look into yourself.

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

The Buddha taught that wealth does not bring happiness and security. The pursuit of wealth is a matter of living in balance.

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

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

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

The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought.

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

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

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

The only way to experience truth is to look within, to observe oneself.

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.

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.

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

Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.

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.

The essence of Buddhist practice is to reduce our selfishness and to work for the benefit of others.

When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.

The mind is like a room with many windows. Open them all and let the fresh air in.

The deepest happiness comes from having an enduring sense of purpose, one that gives our lives meaning beyond the endless pursuit of pleasure and success.

When you see forms or hear sounds fully engaging body-and-mind, you intuit dharma intimately.

The way to overcome anger is to be too busy being kind to have time to be angry.

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

The practice of Dharma is a constant battle within oneself.

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

The practice of Buddhism is fundamentally a practice of expanding our happiness and diminishing our suffering.

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

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

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

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.

The teaching is simple: act with kindness and compassion. If you cannot do this, at least try not to harm others.

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

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

Life is nothing but a continuous chain of sensations. Pleasant or unpleasant, observe them objectively.

The Four Noble Truths are not merely theoretical propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our experience.

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

The whole path of mindfulness is about letting go. We let go of our attachment to our views, our attachment to our opinions, our attachment to our ideas.

Where there is great doubt, there is great awakening; small doubt, small awakening; no doubt, no awakening.