If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

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.

When we rest in awareness, we discover a peace that is always present, regardless of circumstances.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

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

The most important things in our practice are our physical posture and our way of breathing.

The stages of insight unfold naturally when mindfulness is continuous. There is no need to desire them or try to make them happen.

The four foundations of mindfulness are not separate practices but different aspects of the same practice of clear awareness.

Understanding at the intellectual level is not enough. There must be experience at the actual level.

In true vipassana practice, there is no room for likes and dislikes. There is only observation.

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

The challenge in meditation is not to eliminate thinking but to understand the nature of thought itself.

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

The heart of the path is quite simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are.

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

The purpose of meditation is not to create a new state of mind, but to recognize what is already present.

The supreme path is not to fabricate anything. The supreme meditation is not to be distracted.

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

Meditation is the road to happiness.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

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

Don't expect or desire anything. Just keep noting whatever arises in the present moment.

Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.

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

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

When mindfulness is weak, defilements are strong; when mindfulness is strong, defilements are weak.

My religion is to live and die without regret.

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

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.

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

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.

Anxiety and excitement are the same emotion. The only difference is our attitude toward the experience.

Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate. Live in joy, in health, even among the afflicted. Live in joy, in peace, even among the troubled. Look within, be still.

The development of insight is gradual, but the realization of truth is sudden.

Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as your capacity to ground your attention in the present moment.

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

Better to have one moment of genuine meditation than to perform religious activities for a thousand years.

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

Our own life has to be our message.

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

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

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

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

Just observe whatever arises. Don't try to create anything, and don't reject anything.

Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are not our thoughts.

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

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

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

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

Concentration and insight are like two wings of a bird: both are necessary for the flight to liberation.

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

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