Life is like a cup of tea. It's all in how you make it.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

Meditation is not an escape from reality but a way to understand reality as it truly is.

The trouble is, you think you have time.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What we learn about the world is colored by the way we approach it.

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

The victorious ones have said that emptiness is the relinquishing of all views. Those who are possessed of the view of emptiness are said to be incurable.

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.

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

The defilements of the mind are temporary visitors. Pure awareness is your true home.

Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.

When you love someone, you have to have trust and confidence. Love without trust is not yet love.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

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

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

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

Life is available only in the present moment.

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

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.

True freedom is a freedom from the tyranny of our own thoughts and afflictive emotions.

Happiness is found in the simplest of things. It is not in the things you own, but in the love you share.

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

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.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

True freedom is not the absence of commitment but the presence of choice.

The practice of vipassana is the study of the self. When you study physical and mental phenomena, you are studying the truth about yourself.

Real happiness comes from having an unshakable connection to the deep wellspring of peace and happiness that is not dependent on external conditions.

Real freedom is not about controlling our experience, but about being free within our experience.

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

The mind is like water. When it's turbulent, it's difficult to see. When it's calm, everything becomes clear.

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

Dependent origination is not a theory about the origin of the world but a teaching that shows how suffering originates in dependence on our own mental processes.

The path to enlightenment is not a path at all. It is a realization that where you are is where you have always been.

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

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.

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

Don't think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.

Happiness is not the pursuit of an endless succession of experiences but an attitude toward life.

If you want to understand suffering, you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there.

Craving and aversion are the roots of suffering. Observe them with equanimity.

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

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

Right practice is steady practice. Whether you feel lazy or diligent, just keep practicing.

True love is not for the faint-hearted.

Don't try to change the world. First, change yourself.

The Four Noble Truths are not mere doctrinal propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our lives.

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

Don't try to push away the darkness. Just light a lamp. The darkness will disappear by itself.

The deepest happiness comes from having an enduring sense of purpose, one that gives our lives meaning beyond the endless pursuit of pleasure and success.

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.

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.