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

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

The true path is not difficult; just avoid picking and choosing.

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

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself.

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.

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

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

The practice of Dharma is a constant battle within oneself.

True happiness is not found through the multiplication of desires but through their simplification.

When walking, just walk. When sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble.

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

Meditation is not about getting away from it all. It's about getting into it all.

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

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

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

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

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

The mind is like a room with many windows. Open them all and let the fresh air in.

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

The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger.

Mindfulness means keeping one's consciousness alive to the present reality.

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

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.

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

Try to be mindful and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here. Live in the present moment with awareness.

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.

Right practice is steady practice. Whether you feel lazy or diligent, just keep practicing.

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

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

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

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

You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.

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

Our defilements are like tame tigers. If you feed them, they're tame. If you stop feeding them, they'll eat you up.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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

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

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

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

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

You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can't solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside.

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.

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. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.

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

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

When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

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

Short moments, many times. That is the essence of meditation practice.

Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.

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

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

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

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

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

Our own life has to be our message.

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

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