Liberation is not found by running away from our experience but by looking deeply into it.

Our true nature is like a diamond - pure, brilliant, and indestructible. No matter how much dirt covers it, its essential nature remains unchanged.

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.

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

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

The root of suffering is attachment.

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

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

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.

Suffering comes from our resistance to what is. Peace comes from our acceptance of what is.

Real happiness comes from having an unshakable connection to the deep wellspring of peace and happiness that is not dependent on external conditions.

Right practice is steady practice. Whether you feel lazy or diligent, just keep practicing.

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.

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

To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfection.

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

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

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

True happiness is born of letting go of what is unnecessary.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

Life is like a cup of tea. It's all in how you make it.

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

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.

What we learn about the world is colored by the way we approach it.

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

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

To live fully is to let go and die with each step.

Although all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, they function perfectly well.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Loving-kindness is not something we need to manufacture. It's a natural expression of our awakened nature.

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

You are the master of your own mind. You can be your best friend or your worst enemy.

When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us.

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.

Awareness is always with us. We don't need to create it or achieve it - we just need to recognize what's already there.

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

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

Compassion is not mere sentiment but a powerful force that can transform both ourselves and others.

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

Self-awareness is the key to freedom. The more we understand ourselves, the more we understand how to be free.

The movement of love is what creates the beauty in our lives.

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

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

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

Start from where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

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

Real freedom is not about controlling our experience, but about being free within our experience.

Face your own anger and you will be free from anger. Face your own fears and you will be free from fear.

The goal of the Buddhist path is not to add something to our existence but to discover something that has been there all along.

Faith is the firm foundation, diligence the supporting pillar, and wisdom the roof of the house of practice.

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

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

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