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

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

When you generate negativity, you are the first victim of your negativity.

The victorious ones have said that emptiness is the relinquishing of all views. Those who are possessed of the view of emptiness are said to be incurable.

Panic, anxiety, and stress are not obstacles to the practice. They are the path to wisdom and compassion.

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

The path of insight is a path of discovery, not a path of creation. We are discovering what is already there.

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.

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

Don't try to change the world. First, change yourself.

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

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

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

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

When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point.

The great gift of meditation is that it returns us to the simplicity of our own being.

Just to be alive is enough.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

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

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

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

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

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

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

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

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

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

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

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

The more we understand our mind, the more we understand the world.

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

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

The more you give, the more you have. That's the economics of kindness.

Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both. Appreciating the gloriousness inspires us, encourages us, cheers us up, gives us a bigger perspective, energizes us. We feel connected. But if that's all that's happening, we get arrogant and start to look down on others, and there is a sense of making ourselves a big deal and being really serious about it, wanting it to be like that forever. The gloriousness becomes tinged by craving and addiction. On the other hand, wretchedness--life's painful aspect--softens us up considerably. Knowing pain is a very important ingredient of being there for another person.

Those who understand interdependent origination understand suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

True peace comes not from controlling the world, but from letting go of control.

The Buddha's teaching is a teaching of self-reliance, of being one's own master, one's own refuge.

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

Zen proposes its solution by directly appealing to facts of personal experience and not to book-knowledge.

The dharma is not outside of you. Looking for it elsewhere is like placing a Buddha on your head while searching for him everywhere else.

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

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

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

The past is for learning from, not for living in.

Don't be afraid of the future. The future is good.

Though the view should be as vast as the sky, keep your conduct as fine as barley flour.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

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

The grass is greener where you water it.

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

The mind that notes and the object that is noted are both impermanent. Understanding this leads to liberation.

In the beginning, nothing comes, in the middle nothing stays, in the end nothing goes.

When mindfulness becomes continuous, the distinction between the observer and the observed begins to break down.

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

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

The Four Noble Truths are not merely theoretical propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our experience.

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

When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.