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

The realization of impermanence leads not to despair but to a deeper appreciation of the preciousness of each moment.

The most important factor in achieving happiness is the mind. Happiness and suffering are mental states and therefore depend on the mind.

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

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

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

The nature of mind is clearer than the sky, yet we keep looking elsewhere.

The Buddha's teaching is a teaching of self-reliance, of being one's own master, one's own refuge.

True love is not for the faint-hearted.

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

It is never too late to turn on the light.

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

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.

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

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

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Generosity generates its own enthusiasm. We don't have to force ourselves to be generous; we just need to start.

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

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.

External phenomena are like a dream, whatever appears is not real. Recognize the nature of dream-like phenomena to be dream-like.

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

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

The highest mantra is to be without deception. The highest medicine is to have few desires. The highest meditation is not to be attached.

To live is enough.

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

Kindness is the solution to all of life's problems.

Silence is sometimes the best answer.

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

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

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

The Buddha's teaching challenges us to master the art of living, to live in a way that leads to the extinction of suffering.

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.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophical system but a practical guide to living.

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

Enlightenment is the realization that we were never really separate from one another or from all of life.

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.

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

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

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

The goal of meditation is not to reach some highest place, but to remain in the place where you already are.

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

The heart of the path is quite simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are.

The law of nature is the law of cause and effect. As you sow, so shall you reap.

The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.

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

In the gap between thoughts, nonconceptual wisdom shines continuously.

Forgiveness is not a moral issue. It's a power issue. When we hold onto grievance and resentment, we are giving our power away.

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

The farther you enter into truth, the deeper it is.

Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.

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

Expectations are the thieves of joy.

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

Real peace comes from seeing things as they really are, not as we want them to be.

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

The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.

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