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.

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

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

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

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

Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.

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

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

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything.

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

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.

Moment after moment, completely devote yourself to listening to your inner voice.

The purpose of Buddhist practice is not to become a Buddhist but to awaken to the nature of reality.

Meditation is not an escape from life but a way to fully engage with life.

The mind has first to be attuned to the Unconscious.

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

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

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

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

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

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.

As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.

Liberation is not found by running away from our experience but by looking deeply into it.

The law of nature is the law of cause and effect. As you sow, so shall you reap.

The Noble Eightfold Path is a path of training: training in ethical conduct, training in mental discipline, and training in wisdom.

The Noble Eightfold Path is not a path of mere intellectual understanding but a path of practice, of inner transformation.

The way to change the world is to change your own mind.

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

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

Compassion is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.

Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.

Meditation is the road to happiness.

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

Zen teaches nothing; it merely enables us to wake up and become aware. It does not teach, it points.

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

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

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

The real purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

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

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

Your mind is like a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

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

The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being becomes.

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

Do not mistake understanding for realization, and do not mistake realization for liberation.

The true mark of a spiritual practitioner is that your own behavior is better, not that you can criticize others well.

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

The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.

As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion.

The moment you note a thought, it disappears. The noting mind keeps the hindrances away.

The grass is greener where you water it.

Mindfulness is being aware of what is happening right now, without wishing it were different.

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

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

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.

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

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.

Karma is not fate but the law of moral causation, showing us that we are the architects of our own destiny.