To live fully is to let go and die with each step.

The truth of suffering is not to be feared but to be understood through direct observation.

Genuine happiness comes from having developed basic human qualities, such as attention, emotional balance, and generosity.

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

Hasten slowly and you will soon arrive.

The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.

The instant you speak about a thing, you miss the mark.

When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.

The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves.

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

The practice of ethics is not about following rules but about developing inner purity and freedom.

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

The grass is greener where you water it.

Through continuous mindfulness practice, the true nature of physical and mental phenomena becomes clear.

Awareness is the basis, or what you might call the "support," of the mind. It is steady and unchanging, like the pole to which the flag of ordinary consciousness is attached.

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

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

The Buddha's teachings are not about abandoning our lives but about bringing the fullness of our attention to our lives.

Just to be alive is enough.

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

External phenomena are like a dream, whatever appears is not real. Recognize the nature of dream-like phenomena to be dream-like.

The obstacle is the path.

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

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

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

The three characteristics - impermanence, suffering, and non-self - are not philosophical concepts but aspects of experience to be directly observed.

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

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

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

The spiritual journey is not about heaven and finally getting to a place that's really swell.

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

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

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

The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being becomes.

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

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

The essence of meditation is not something complicated or exotic. It is simply taking a break from our habitual patterns.

Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

The Buddha's path is not about becoming somebody different but about becoming more and more who you really are.

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

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

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

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.

The more you understand impermanence, the more you appreciate every moment.

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

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

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.

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 secret of happiness lies not in getting what we want, but in learning to want what we already have.

When you understand that all phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self, attachment naturally falls away.

The path to liberation requires both individual effort and the support of the spiritual community.

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

The nature of all things is like a magical illusion, a mirage, a dream, a reflection of the moon in water.

Change is the nature of every phenomenon. Accept this truth and you will live a happy life.

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

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.

Happiness is not the pursuit of an endless succession of experiences but an attitude toward life.