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

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

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

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

When you generate negativity, you are the first victim of your negativity.

The most important thing in life is to know death is coming and to prepare for it.

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophy or a religion; it is a method of practice.

The truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act, not merely to reflect.

When we develop patience, we find that we develop a reserve of calm and tranquility.

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

The perfect moment is this one, not the one you're waiting for.

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

The development of wisdom requires both study and practice, both learning and direct experience.

Knowledge must be stabilized by meditation. Without meditation, knowledge is like a child in battle.

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

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

Every step on the path must be with the understanding of anicca - impermanence. This is the essence of the teaching.

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

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

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

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

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

The restraint of the senses is not a matter of suppression but of wise attention to our experience.

Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we're holding back.

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

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

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

Meditation is not about getting rid of thoughts; it's about changing the way we relate to them.

Every moment of mindfulness is a step on the path to liberation. Each step is valuable, no matter how small.

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

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

When mindfulness and concentration are strong, insight into the three characteristics naturally unfolds.

Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don't try to figure anything out. Don't try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest.

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

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.

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

Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time.

It is never too late to turn on the light.

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

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.

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

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.

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

The Four Noble Truths are not mere doctrinal propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our lives.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

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

The goal of meditation is not to reach some highest place, but to remain in the place where you already are.

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

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

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

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

Where there is great doubt, there is great awakening; small doubt, small awakening; no doubt, no awakening.

The spiritual journey begins with the recognition that beneath our surface happiness there lies a deep inner pain.

Maintain the state of undistractedness and distractions will fly away.

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

Our own life has to be our message.

Time passes unhindered. When we make ourselves better, we make the world better.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy. This is the goal of Buddhist practice.

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.