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

Observe the reality as it is, not as you wish it to be.

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced state of mind.

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

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

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

The key to transformation is not to fight with our experience but to open to it with awareness.

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

The highest truth cannot be taught except through the conventional truth.

When I run from suffering, it follows me. When I face suffering with equanimity, it runs from me.

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

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

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

Anxiety and excitement are the same emotion. The only difference is our attitude toward the experience.

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

The more you understand yourself, the more you understand the world.

When you recognize that pain and suffering are impermanent, you become free.

Just to be alive is enough.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

The practice of patience guards us against losing our presence of mind.

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.

The Noble Eightfold Path is a path of training: training in ethical conduct, training in mental discipline, and training in wisdom.

Every moment is a fresh beginning. Every breath is a new chance.

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

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

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

The five aggregates are not a theoretical model but a description of lived experience to be investigated through mindfulness.

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 true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.

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

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

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

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

Every being has the potential of becoming a Buddha. Our true nature is Buddha nature.

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

The snow lion stays in the mountains, and the snow lion's ways are the snow lion's ways.

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

When you understand that all phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self, attachment naturally falls away.

The purpose of a spiritual discipline is to give us a way to stop the war, not by our force of will, but through understanding and through letting go.

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

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

The first step toward faith is to admit that we don't know everything.

The path is the goal. Every step of the journey is the journey.

Silence is sometimes the best answer.

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

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

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

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher.

To live is enough.

My father is the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra. My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantabhadri. I belong to the caste of non-duality of these two.

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

If you want to know the past, look at the present. If you want to know the future, look at the present.

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.

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

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

The true path is not difficult; just avoid picking and choosing.

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.