The more we understand impermanence, the more we understand that we can't hold on to anything.

Do not mistake understanding for realization, and do not mistake realization for liberation.

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

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

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.

The more clearly you see the arising and passing of phenomena, the less you will be attached to them.

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

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

The measure of success in spiritual life is how peaceful you are.

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

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

The development of wisdom does not occur in isolation but requires the cultivation of the entire Noble Eightfold Path.

The Buddha's teachings are not a religion, but a science of mind.

If I had any position, I would thereby have a flaw. But since I have no position, I alone am without flaw.

The more you suffer the deeper grows your character, and with the deepening of your character you read the more penetratingly into the secrets of life.

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher.

Life is available only in the present moment.

Panic is a gateway to wisdom. When we learn to stay present with our panic, it becomes our teacher.

The true person is not anyone in particular. But like the deep blue color of the limitless sky, it is everyone, everywhere in the world.

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

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

Not by hatred is hatred conquered, but by love alone. This is an eternal law.

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

True love is not for the faint-hearted.

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

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

The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought.

In the spring, hundreds of flowers; in autumn, a harvest moon; in the summer, a refreshing breeze; in winter, snow will accompany you. If useless things do not hang in your mind, any season is a good season for you.

Life is nothing but a continuous chain of sensations. Pleasant or unpleasant, observe them objectively.

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

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

The menu is not the meal.

Mindfulness is being aware of what is happening right now, without wishing it were different.

Compassion is not just about being kind to others. It's about being kind to ourselves as well.

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

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 mindfulness leads naturally to concentration. Concentration leads naturally to wisdom.

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

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

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

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

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

The most important thing in life is to know death is coming and to prepare for it.

The snow lion stays in the mountains, and the snow lion's ways are the snow lion's ways.

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

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

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

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

Every step on the path must be with the understanding of anicca - impermanence. This is the essence of the teaching.

The grass is greener where you water it.

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

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

The signs of practice are not in extraordinary experiences but in extraordinary awareness of ordinary experiences.

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

The root of suffering is attachment.

Our own life has to be our message.