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

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

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

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

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.

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

The practice of Buddhism is fundamentally a practice of expanding our happiness and diminishing our suffering.

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

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree.

We can learn to be present with whatever is happening in our lives, and in this way, we can begin to transform our relationship to difficulty.

Knowledge must be stabilized by meditation. Without meditation, knowledge is like a child in battle.

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

Our own life has to be our message.

The only things that are truly mine are my actions and their results.

If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.

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

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

The path to liberation requires both understanding and practice, both pariyatti and patipatti.

Mindfulness is being aware of what's going on, not trying to control what's going on.

Mindfulness is attention to life, and life itself is sacred.

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

When dharma fills your body and mind, you realize that something is missing.

Meditation is not an escape from reality but a way to understand reality as it truly is.

Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.

When we understand others, we understand ourselves. When we love others, we love ourselves.

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

True happiness is not found through the multiplication of desires but through their simplification.

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

To see the truth, do not be for or against. The struggle between for and against is the mind's worst disease.

Enlightenment is not about becoming something special, but about realizing what we already are.

Generosity generates its own enthusiasm. We don't have to force ourselves to be generous; we just need to start.

The practice of mindfulness leads naturally to concentration. Concentration leads naturally to wisdom.

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

Meditation is like catching a fish. If you try to catch it quickly, you'll miss it. If you have patience and know how to wait, the fish will come.

Enlightenment is not the end of change but the end of resistance to change.

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

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

Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

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.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

When you walk in the mist, you get wet.

Love is the wish that others be happy, and compassion is the wish that they be free from suffering.

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

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

When you let go of trying to control everything, you can relax and enjoy life.

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

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.

True freedom is not the absence of commitment but the presence of choice.

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

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

The practice of mindfulness is the practice of being alive in the present moment.

The contradiction so puzzling to the ordinary way of thinking comes from the fact that we have to use language to communicate our inner experience, which in its very nature transcends linguistics.

Compassion is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.

Real happiness lies within. It cannot be found in external objects or achievements.

The obstacle is the path.

The ultimate revolution is the spiritual revolution, where we learn to see reality as it truly is.

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

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.