The Buddha taught us to leave alone the things that don't lead to awakening.

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

The measure of success in spiritual life is how peaceful you are.

Neither from itself nor from another, nor from both, nor without a cause, does anything whatever, anywhere arise.

Compassion is not something we develop. It arises naturally as we see the truth of what is.

Love is not a feeling. It's a capability.

The six realms of existence are like a dream, why build a prison for yourself?

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

My religion is to live and die without regret.

When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point.

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

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

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

Our own life has to be our message.

Don't be a bodhisatta; don't be an arahant; don't be anything at all. Being something makes you suffer.

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.

Time passes unhindered. When we make ourselves better, we make the world better.

Compassion is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

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

The secret of happiness lies not in getting what we want, but in learning to want what we already have.

To see the truth, do not be for or against. The struggle between for and against is the mind's worst disease.

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 as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.

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

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

True peace comes not from controlling the world, but from letting go of control.

Insight knowledge comes from direct experience, not from intellectual understanding.

The ocean does not reject any water; therefore it is great. The mountain does not select its stones; therefore it is great.

Compassion is the radicalism of our time.

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

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

The superior person is like water, bringing benefit to all without competing.

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

Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead, it's about becoming more fully human.

My father is the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra. My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantabhadri. I belong to the caste of non-duality of these two.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

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

The Buddha's teaching is a middle way between all extremes, between eternalism and annihilationism, between self-indulgence and self-torture.

The perfect moment is this one, not the one you're waiting for.

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.

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

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

When concentration is developed, wisdom arises. When wisdom arises, one becomes disenchanted with the five aggregates.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

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

The nature of life is change. The nature of change is painful. The nature of pain is temporary.

Those who understand interdependent origination understand suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

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

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

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

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few.

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

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

If you want to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be miserable, expect something in return.

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced mind that sees things clearly without reaction.

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