The teaching of the Buddha is based on two truths: conventional truth and ultimate truth. Without understanding the relationship between these two, the deeper meaning of the Buddha's teaching cannot be understood.

The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.

Be happy at the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

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

The more you suffer the deeper grows your character, and with the deepening of your character you read the more penetratingly into the secrets of life.

The goal of Buddhist practice is not to escape from the world but to transform our relationship with it.

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

Faith is the firm foundation, diligence the supporting pillar, and wisdom the roof of the house of practice.

Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts.

To be attached to a thing means that mind and the thing meet and grow into each other.

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 Dhamma unfolds in accordance with a definite sequence: faith, virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, and insight.

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

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

You are the master of your own mind. You can be your best friend or your worst enemy.

The nature of the mind is like the sky, and our thoughts, emotions, and experiences are like clouds passing through it.

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

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

Impermanence, suffering, and non-self are not philosophical concepts but realities to be directly perceived through mindfulness practice.

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

Wisdom is not something we have to strive to acquire. Rather, wisdom arises naturally as we open our hearts to the truth of what is.

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.

Compassion is not mere sentiment but a powerful force that can transform both ourselves and others.

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

When you understand that all phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self, attachment naturally falls away.

The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.

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

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

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

The Buddha taught that wealth does not bring happiness and security. The pursuit of wealth is a matter of living in balance.

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

The Buddha's teaching is a teaching of self-reliance, of being one's own master, one's own refuge.

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

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.

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

The mind that sees its own nature becomes free from all extremes.

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 highest truth cannot be taught except through the conventional truth.

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

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.

The mind is everything. What you think, you become.

When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything. When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything.

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

Mindfulness is the key to the present moment. Without it we cannot see the world clearly, and we cannot make the wisest choices in our lives.

Start from where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

The difference between buddhas and sentient beings is that buddhas recognize their nature while sentient beings fail to recognize it.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

The path to liberation is through understanding the true nature of mind and matter through direct observation.

Change is possible because there is nothing inherently permanent about our disturbing emotions.

Understanding at the intellectual level is not enough. There must be experience at the actual level.

Real happiness lies within. It cannot be found in external objects or achievements.

Emptiness is not nothingness. Emptiness is the space of possibility.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.

Just to be alive is enough.

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.

The real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.

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

Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.

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

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