The truth of suffering is not to be feared but to be understood through direct observation.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay.

Every step on the path must be with the understanding of anicca - impermanence. This is the essence of the teaching.

The nature of everything is illusory and ephemeral, those with dualistic perception regard suffering as happiness, like they who lick the honey from a razor's edge.

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

The lamp of wisdom burns constantly, illuminating the nature of mind.

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

Just to be alive is enough.

Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time.

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

Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things.

Through violence, you may solve one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

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

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.

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 grass is greener where you water it.

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

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

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

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

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

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

The Dhamma unfolds in accordance with a definite sequence: faith, virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, and insight.

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

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

The mind is the forerunner of all things. Our present life is the result of our past thoughts, and our future life will be the result of our present thoughts.

The path to liberation is through understanding the true nature of mind and matter through direct observation.

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

Misery ceases to exist when we stop reacting to sensations.

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

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

To live is enough.

Genuine happiness comes from having developed basic human qualities, such as attention, emotional balance, and generosity.

The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.

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

Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you're bound to be successful. Bound to be successful.

The signs of practice are not in extraordinary experiences but in extraordinary awareness of ordinary experiences.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

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

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.

Meditation is not an escape from reality but a way to understand reality as it truly is.

The practice of mindfulness is the practice of being alive in the present moment.

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

When one sees with wisdom that all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, one is liberated from suffering.

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

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

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

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

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

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Buddhist practice is not to eliminate life's problems but to grow with them patiently and with compassion.

People who study a lot but don't practice are like a ladle in a soup pot. It's in the soup every day, but it doesn't know the taste of the soup.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.

Hasten slowly and you will soon arrive.

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself.

In the moment of pure noting, there is no self - only the knowing and the known.