Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer evil with good. Conquer stinginess with giving. Conquer deceit with truth.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy. This is the goal of Buddhist practice.

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

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

Don't be afraid of the future. The future is good.

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

People who study a lot but don't practice are like a ladle in a soup pot. It's in the soup every day, but it doesn't know the taste of the soup.

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

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

Buddhist practice is not to eliminate life's problems but to grow with them patiently and with compassion.

True love is not for the faint-hearted.

The true understanding is that the practice itself is enlightenment.

The role of Zen is neither to stand above life nor to run away from it, but to face it with a spirit of determination.

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

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

Happiness is a skill that can be developed like playing an instrument or learning to read.

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.

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

It is never too late to turn on the light.

The great gift of meditation is that it returns us to the simplicity of our own being.

When you note pain, you should not dwell on the thought, "I feel pain." Simply recognize the presence of pain.

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

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

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

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

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

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

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.

This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

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

The three characteristics - impermanence, suffering, and non-self - are not philosophical concepts but aspects of experience to be directly observed.

Compassion is not something we develop. It arises naturally as we see the truth of what is.

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

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

Meditation is the road to happiness.

Start from where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

Compassion is not just about being kind to others. It's about being kind to ourselves as well.

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

The root of happiness is altruism — the wish to be of service to others.

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

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

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

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

Compassion is a verb.

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

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

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

If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.

Through understanding emptiness, one does not become proud of one's virtues, just as one does not become proud of building a castle in the sky.

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

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

Right View is not just a matter of intellectual understanding but of seeing things as they really are.

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

Mindfulness means keeping one's consciousness alive to the present reality.

We need the courage to learn from our experience and the wisdom to be willing to change and grow.

Meditation is like catching a fish. If you try to catch it quickly, you'll miss it. If you have patience and know how to wait, the fish will come.

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

Our true nature is like a diamond - pure, brilliant, and indestructible. No matter how much dirt covers it, its essential nature remains unchanged.

Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.