When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.

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

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

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

The essence of meditation is not something complicated or exotic. It is simply taking a break from our habitual patterns.

Sensations are not your enemy. They are your teacher. Through observing them, you understand the truth of existence.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

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

Wisdom and compassion must be developed equally and harmoniously.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

There is no difference at all between samsara and nirvana. There is no difference at all between nirvana and samsara.

Vipassana is the art of living. Not the art of escaping.

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

When things fall apart and we're on the verge of we know not what, the test of each of us is to stay on that brink and not concretize.

Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.

Just to be alive is enough.

The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's happening.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Sankharas are the seeds of consciousness that manifest as sensations. By observing sensations equanimously, we stop creating new sankharas.

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

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

The practice is not about achieving special states but about seeing ordinary experience with extraordinary clarity.

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

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

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

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

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

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.

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

When the mind is ready to understand, the truth will come to meet it.

Knowledge must be stabilized by meditation. Without meditation, knowledge is like a child in battle.

The more we understand impermanence, the more we appreciate each moment of our lives.

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

It is never too late to turn on the light.

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?

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

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

Not by hatred is hatred conquered, but by love alone. This is an eternal law.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

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

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

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

The more clearly you see the arising and passing of phenomena, the less you will be attached to them.

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

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

The secret of happiness is to want what you already have.

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

Forgiveness is giving up all hope for a better past.

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

Recognize the emptiness of all phenomena, but do not become attached to emptiness itself.

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who we think we should be, but about unbecoming who we are not.

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

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

The person who clings to nothing of the past, present and future, who has no attachment and no aversion, has no conceptual imprints.

The Buddha's teaching is not about belief but about investigation, not about accepting but about examining.

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

The biggest prison is the one we build in our own mind.