If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

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

Zen proposes its solution by directly appealing to facts of personal experience and not to book-knowledge.

The practice of mindfulness leads naturally to concentration. Concentration leads naturally to wisdom.

Wisdom is not something we have to strive to acquire. Rather, wisdom arises naturally as we open our hearts to the truth of what is.

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

Our true nature is like a diamond - pure, brilliant, and indestructible. No matter how much dirt covers it, its essential nature remains unchanged.

The path of practice moves from faith through understanding to direct realization.

The rising and falling of the abdomen is not the main object. The main object is to develop mindfulness, concentration, and insight.

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.

You are the master of your own mind. You can be your best friend or your worst enemy.

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

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.

Compassion is not mere sentiment but a powerful force that can transform both ourselves and others.

Meditation is not about escaping from difficulty but about meeting it with awareness.

Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.

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

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.

The practice is like peeling an onion. Layer after layer of delusion is removed through continuous mindfulness.

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

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

The more precisely you note, the more clearly you understand. The more clearly you understand, the stronger your insight becomes.

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

Our task is to learn to see clearly what is happening in each moment, rather than be lost in our reactions and judgments.

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

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

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Panic, anxiety, and stress are not obstacles to the practice. They are the path to wisdom and compassion.

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

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

Life is nothing but a continuous chain of sensations. Pleasant or unpleasant, observe them objectively.

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

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

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

The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.

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

Right View is not just a matter of intellectual understanding but of seeing things as they really are.

Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.

Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.

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.

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

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

The technique of self-observation is the technique of observing the reality about oneself at the experiential level.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.

If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.

The dharma is not in the books. If you want to find the dharma, look in your mind.

The Four Noble Truths are not merely theoretical propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our experience.

The most profound meditation is to think nothing at all.

Face your own anger and you will be free from anger. Face your own fears and you will be free from fear.

Mindfulness is the key to transformation. It enables us to see our experience as it really is, free from distortion and bias.

Faith is the firm foundation, diligence the supporting pillar, and wisdom the roof of the house of practice.

Every moment of confusion is also a moment of wisdom, if we can learn to recognize it.

The highest truth cannot be taught except through the conventional truth.

The Buddha's teaching is a teaching of self-reliance, of being one's own master, one's own refuge.

When you note pain, you should not dwell on the thought, "I feel pain." Simply recognize the presence of pain.

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.

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

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

Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken! Take heed, do not squander your life.

We need to learn to let our emotions pass through us like waves, without getting caught in their undertow.