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 farther you enter into truth, the deeper it is.

The path to liberation requires both individual effort and the support of the spiritual community.

We can learn to be present with whatever is happening in our lives, and in this way, we can begin to transform our relationship to difficulty.

If you want to find peace, then look at that point where you find you're dissatisfied and investigate what's really going on.

The way we look at the world is the way the world looks.

You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.

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

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

The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

Mindfulness is not just bare attention but wise attention that leads to understanding and insight.

The truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act, not merely to reflect.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

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

It is never too late to turn on the light.

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

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.

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

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

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

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

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

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

When we know the truth, we become people who don't have to think much, we become people with wisdom.

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

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

When you note pain, you are not trying to make it go away. You are trying to understand its true nature.

Silence is sometimes the best answer.

Better to have one moment of genuine meditation than to perform religious activities for a thousand years.

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

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.

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

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

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

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

When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help.

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

Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.

The past is just a memory. The future is just a dream. Be here now.

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

The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have.

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

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

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

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

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

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

The difference between being caught in thoughts and being mindful of thoughts is like the difference between being in a movie and watching a movie.

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

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

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

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

The more we understand our mind, the more we understand the world.

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

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

The true person is not anyone in particular. But like the deep blue color of the limitless sky, it is everyone, everywhere in the world.