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

The Dhamma is not a collection of doctrinal formulas but a path leading to direct insight into the nature of reality.

The path is the goal. Every step of the journey is the journey.

It is never too late to turn on the light.

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

Meditation is not an escape from reality but a way to understand reality as it truly is.

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

The practice of ethics is not about following rules but about developing inner purity and freedom.

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

The signs of practice are not in extraordinary experiences but in extraordinary awareness of ordinary experiences.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

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 grass is greener where you water it.

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

Our practice cannot be perfect, but without being discouraged by this, we should continue it. This is the secret of practice.

Instead of having a deep understanding of the teaching, we need a strong confidence in our teaching, which says that originally we have Buddha nature.

Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you're bound to be successful. Bound to be successful.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile.

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.

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced state of mind.

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.

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Don't try to change the world. First, change yourself.

The truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act, not merely to reflect.

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.

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

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

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

If you want to understand suffering, you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there.

The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery.

Meditation is not about trying to change ourselves. Meditation is about being aware of what is.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

The restraint of the senses is not a matter of suppression but of wise attention to our experience.

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

Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.

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

Vipassana is the art of living. Not the art of escaping.

A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophy or a religion; it is a method of practice.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

The noting mind and the object noted appear to occur as a pair. Through concentration they are seen to arise and vanish together.

Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

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

Try to be mindful and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

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