The key to transformation is not to fight with our experience but to open to it with awareness.

When the heart is still, it can be kind. When the mind is still, it can see clearly.

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

The movement of love is what creates the beauty in our lives.

Our basic nature is pure awareness that simply cognizes experience. Everything else is temporary and adventitious.

The world is its own magic.

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

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

The purpose of life is to be happy, to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is not to be well known, cited, or powerful.

Each moment of clear seeing is a moment of freedom from the illusion of permanence, satisfaction, and self.

Although all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, they function perfectly well.

We deal with our mind from morning until evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

The person who clings to nothing of the past, present and future, who has no attachment and no aversion, has no conceptual imprints.

The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.

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

The purpose of our lives is to be happy, and happiness is found in benefiting others.

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

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

Just to be alive is enough.

The way we look at the world is the way the world looks.

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

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

Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive anyway.

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

If you want to know your past life, look into your present condition; if you want to know your future life, look into your present actions.

When things fall apart and we're on the verge of we know not what, the test of each of us is to stay on that brink and not concretize.

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

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

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

Suffering is not the end of the story; it is the middle of the story.

Change is possible because there is nothing inherently permanent about our disturbing emotions.

The practice of meditation is not about achieving states of bliss but about seeing things as they really are.

The true mark of a spiritual practitioner is that your own behavior is better, not that you can criticize others well.

Happiness is found in the simplest of things. It is not in the things you own, but in the love you share.

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

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

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

Insight knowledge comes from direct experience, not from intellectual understanding.

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

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

The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.

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

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

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 Buddha's teaching is a middle way between all extremes, between eternalism and annihilationism, between self-indulgence and self-torture.

The goal of the Buddhist path is not to add something to our existence but to discover something that has been there all along.

Dependent origination is not a theory about the origin of the world but a teaching that shows how suffering originates in dependence on our own mental processes.

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

Recognize the emptiness of all phenomena, but do not become attached to emptiness itself.

Impermanence, suffering, and non-self are not philosophical concepts but realities to be directly perceived through mindfulness practice.

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

The essence of Buddhist practice is to reduce our selfishness and to work for the benefit of others.

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.

The heart of the path is quite simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are.

Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.

The root of suffering is attachment.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's happening.

Forgiveness is not a moral issue. It's a power issue. When we hold onto grievance and resentment, we are giving our power away.