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

The stages of insight unfold naturally when mindfulness is continuous. There is no need to desire them or try to make them happen.

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

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

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

The development of wisdom requires both study and practice, both learning and direct experience.

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 Four Noble Truths are not mere doctrinal propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our lives.

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

If you want to understand suffering, you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there.

The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous. Then they will be in control in a wider sense.

The world is its own magic.

Life is available only in the present moment.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.

External seeking only leads to exhaustion. When you imitate others, you lose your own authenticity.

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

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

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

Wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but about seeing through all knowledge.

The knowledge of dissolution comes when you see both the noting mind and noted object dissolving together.

The root of all suffering is ignorance. The antidote to ignorance is wisdom that realizes emptiness.

The past is just a memory. The future is just a dream. Be here now.

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.

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

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

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

Freedom is not found in the absence of difficulty, but in our relationship to it.

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.

The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.

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

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

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

The force of the kindness of others is so strong, we can't possibly measure it.

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

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

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.

The entire path is a path of self-responsibility. Nobody else can walk it for you.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

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

The root of happiness is altruism — the wish to be of service to others.

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

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

When you love someone, you have to have trust and confidence. Love without trust is not yet love.

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

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

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

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

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

The path is not about moving from one place to another. It's about recognizing where we already are.

Mindfulness is the key to the present moment. Without it we cannot see the world clearly, and we cannot make the wisest choices in our lives.

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

The obstacle is the path.

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

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

My religion is to live and die without regret.

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

All that appears and exists, all of samsara and nirvana, has one ground, two paths, and two results. This is the magical display of awareness and unawareness.

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