The mind itself is the maker of all happiness and misery; yet beings do not understand this and blame external conditions.

Wisdom and compassion must be developed equally and harmoniously.

The only thing that we truly have control over is our attitude toward experience.

If you want to know your past life, look at your present condition. If you want to know your future life, look at your present actions.

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

When we recognize that our thoughts are just thoughts, we can choose whether or not to follow them.

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

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.

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

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

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

Compassion is the radicalism of our time.

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

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

Life is an art, and like perfect art it should be self-forgetting.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophy or a religion; it is a method of practice.

As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.

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

It is never too late to turn on the light.

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

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

The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment.

The root of suffering is attachment.

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

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

Compassion is not something we develop. It arises naturally as we see the truth of what is.

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

Even if you speak of 'understanding,' this understanding is not a matter of knowledge. It is what fills the entire body and mind.

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

Peace is not found by changing the world, but by changing your attitude to the world.

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 purpose of our lives is to be happy.

The mind is everything. What you think, you become.

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

Love is not a feeling. It's a capability.

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.

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

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

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

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 key to the Buddha's teaching is not grasping, not trying to hold onto things that are essentially impermanent and unstable.

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

True love is not for the faint-hearted.

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

We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

Every moment of confusion is also a moment of wisdom, if we can learn to recognize it.

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

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.

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

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

Mindfulness is not just bare attention but wise attention that leads to understanding and insight.

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

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

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

Nothing is permanent. Everything is subject to change. Being is always becoming.

We deal with our mind from morning until evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.