Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

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

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

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

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

The cultivation of loving-kindness has the power to transform enmity into amity, hostility into hospitality.

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

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

The Dhamma unfolds in accordance with a definite sequence: faith, virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, and insight.

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

The development of wisdom does not occur in isolation but requires the cultivation of the entire Noble Eightfold Path.

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

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

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

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

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

Concentration develops naturally through continuous noting. Don't try to force concentration to arise.

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

You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can't solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside.

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

The practice of patience guards us against losing our presence of mind.

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

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.

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

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 practice of vipassana is the study of the self. When you study physical and mental phenomena, you are studying the truth about yourself.

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

The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.

When things fall apart and we're on the verge of we know not what, the test of each of us is to stay on that brink and not concretize.

When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything. When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything.

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 practice of mindfulness is simply to bring awareness to what we are doing, what we are saying, and what we are thinking.

When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point.

The archer ceases to be conscious of himself as the one who is engaged in hitting the bull's-eye which confronts him. This state of unconsciousness is realized only when, completely empty and rid of the self, he becomes one with the perfecting of his technical skill.

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced mind that sees things clearly without reaction.

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.

Observe the reality as it is, not as you wish it to be.

Personal experience is everything in Zen. No ideas are intelligible to those who have no backing of experience.

The master's introduction is direct recognition of one's own nature. Meditation is maintaining the continuity of this recognition.

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.

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

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

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

When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.

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

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

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

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

The ultimate purpose of Buddhism is to serve and benefit humanity.

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

In my youth I studied, in my prime I practiced, now all my doubts are cleared.

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

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

True peace comes not from controlling the world, but from letting go of control.

In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived, how well we have loved, how well we have learned to let go.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

The heart of one who practices is like the earth. No matter what they throw on it, the earth remains unchanged.

Even if you speak of 'understanding,' this understanding is not a matter of knowledge. It is what fills the entire body and mind.

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

When walking, just walk. When sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble.