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

The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

Life is like a cup of tea. It's all in how you make it.

The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have.

To be attached to a thing means that mind and the thing meet and grow into each other.

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

The biggest prison is the one we build in our own mind.

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

The more we understand our mind, the more we understand the world.

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

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death.

The farther you enter into truth, the deeper it is.

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

Through violence, you may solve one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

The six realms of existence are like a dream, why build a prison for yourself?

If you want to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be miserable, expect something in return.

The mind is the forerunner of all things. Our present life is the result of our past thoughts, and our future life will be the result of our present thoughts.

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

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

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

Emptiness is not nothingness. Emptiness is the space of possibility.

The superior person is like water, bringing benefit to all without competing.

The nature of the mind is like the sky, and our thoughts, emotions, and experiences are like clouds passing through it.

True happiness is not about getting rid of all our problems, but about changing our relationship to them.

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

Liberation is found in the practice, not in the theory.

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

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

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

Peace is not found by changing the world, but by changing your attitude to the world.

When you walk in the mist, you get wet.

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

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay.

When we recognize that our thoughts are just thoughts, we can choose whether or not to follow them.

The first step toward faith is to admit that we don't know everything.

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.

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

Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.

Don't try to push away the darkness. Just light a lamp. The darkness will disappear by itself.

The difference between buddhas and sentient beings is that buddhas recognize their nature while sentient beings fail to recognize it.

Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.

The first noble truth of the Buddha is that life contains suffering. The second noble truth is that the cause of suffering is craving.

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

Neither from itself nor from another, nor from both, nor without a cause, does anything whatever, anywhere arise.

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

Every moment is a fresh beginning. Every breath is a new chance.

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

Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.

The essence of the spiritual journey is the uncovering of what is always already present.

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

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.

If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.

The more you understand yourself, the more you understand the world.

Craving and aversion are the roots of suffering. Observe them with equanimity.

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

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

The mind that sees its own nature becomes free from all extremes.