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

The way to overcome anger is to be too busy being kind to have time to be angry.

Do everything with a mind that lets go. Don't accept praise or gain or anything else. If you let go a little, you will have a little peace; if you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.

Our emotions are like waves in the ocean. We can't stop the waves, but we can learn to surf.

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

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

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

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

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

The essence of Buddhist practice is to bring everything onto the path. Every experience becomes an opportunity for awakening.

The path to liberation is a gradual path of self-discipline, self-development, and self-transformation.

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

Mindfulness is attention to life, and life itself is sacred.

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

We can learn the art of fierce compassion - redefining strength, deconstructing isolation and renewing a sense of community, practicing letting go of rigid us-vs.-them thinking.

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

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

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.

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

Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.

When you note pain, you are not trying to make it go away. You are trying to understand its true nature.

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

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

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.

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

Every sensation shares the same characteristic - arising, passing. Arising, passing. Learn to observe objectively.

Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts.

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

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

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

The path of practice requires both faith and wisdom, both devotion and understanding.

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

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.

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

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.

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

When you note effectively, there is no time for defilements to arise. The mind becomes pure through noting.

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

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

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

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

We can learn to be present with whatever is happening in our lives, and in this way, we can begin to transform our relationship to difficulty.

Not by hatred is hatred conquered, but by love alone. This is an eternal law.

The view is like a lion - it cannot be led around by anything else. Meditation is like an eagle - it cannot be distracted by anything else. Action is like a madman - it is free from accepting and rejecting.

Kindness is the solution to all of life's problems.

Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.

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

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

The treasure house within you contains everything, and you are free to use it. You don't need to seek outside.

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

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

The goal of meditation is not to achieve a blank mind, but to gain insight into the nature of mind itself.

The everyday practice is simply to develop complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions.

The measure of success in spiritual life is how peaceful you are.

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

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

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

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

The more you meditate, the more you understand yourself and the better friend you become to yourself.

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