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

Without darkness, there is no light. Without the path, there is no arrival.

Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.

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

Right View is not just a matter of intellectual understanding but of seeing things as they really are.

Compassion is the radicalism of our time.

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

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

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

When you let go of trying to control everything, you can relax and enjoy life.

The true mark of a spiritual practitioner is that your own behavior is better, not that you can criticize others well.

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

The development of insight is gradual, but the realization of truth is sudden.

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

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

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

When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.

The precious pot containing my riches becomes my teacher in the very moment it breaks.

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

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

The first noble truth of the Buddha is that life contains suffering. The second noble truth is that the cause of suffering is craving.

To live fully is to let go and die with each step.

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

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

The practice is like peeling an onion. Layer after layer of delusion is removed through continuous mindfulness.

Though the view should be as vast as the sky, keep your conduct as fine as barley flour.

Expectations are the thieves of joy.

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

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.

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

The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.

We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree.

The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves.

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

Our defilements are like tame tigers. If you feed them, they're tame. If you stop feeding them, they'll eat you up.

The dharma is not about collecting more beliefs but about becoming free from the power of belief itself.

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

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

The goal of the Buddhist path is not to add something to our existence but to discover something that has been there all along.

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.

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

You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can't solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside.

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

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

Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.

The movement of love is what creates the beauty in our lives.

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.

The most important thing in life is to know death is coming and to prepare for it.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

Mindfulness means keeping one's consciousness alive to the present reality.

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

Zen is not necessarily against words, but it is well aware of their limitations.

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

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

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 key to the Buddha's teaching is not grasping, not trying to hold onto things that are essentially impermanent and unstable.

For whom emptiness is possible, everything is possible. For whom emptiness is not possible, nothing is possible.

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

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

Personal experience is everything in Zen. No ideas are intelligible to those who have no backing of experience.