True peace is found not in the absence of experience but in the clear seeing of all experience.

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

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.

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

Hasten slowly and you will soon arrive.

Ethical conduct is not a constraint upon our freedom but a condition of our freedom.

The purpose of meditation is to gain right understanding of the true nature of mental and physical phenomena.

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

The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.

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

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

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

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

When you recognize that pain and suffering are impermanent, you become free.

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

Don't be a bodhisatta; don't be an arahant; don't be anything at all. Being something makes you suffer.

The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

The law of nature is the law of cause and effect. As you sow, so shall you reap.

The essence of Buddhist practice is to bring everything onto the path. Every experience becomes an opportunity for awakening.

The silence between the notes is as important as the notes themselves.

The path of practice requires both faith and wisdom, both devotion and understanding.

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

Happiness is not about getting what you want, but wanting what you've got.

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

Self-awareness is the key to freedom. The more we understand ourselves, the more we understand how to be free.

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

Awareness is always with us. We don't need to create it or achieve it - we just need to recognize what's already there.

Understanding at the intellectual level is not enough. There must be experience at the actual level.

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

Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.

The realization of impermanence leads not to despair but to a deeper appreciation of the preciousness of each moment.

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

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

The secret of happiness is to want what you already have.

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

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

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

The highest truth cannot be taught except through the conventional truth.

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.

Right View is not just a matter of intellectual understanding but of seeing things as they really are.

The Buddha's teaching is not about belief but about investigation, not about accepting but about examining.

Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer evil with good. Conquer stinginess with giving. Conquer deceit with truth.

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

You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.

The mind is like a well-forged sword - it adapts to all situations.

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.

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

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.

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

Sensations are not your enemy. They are your teacher. Through observing them, you understand the truth of existence.

Karma is not fate but the law of moral causation, showing us that we are the architects of our own destiny.

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.

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

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

Trees, mountains, and vines all exist in nature according to their own truth. They are born and die following their nature. They remain this way because that's what they are. They don't practice meditation or do anything special.

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