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

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

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

Do not mistake understanding for realization, and do not mistake realization for liberation.

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

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

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

The essence of Buddhist practice is to bring everything onto the path. Every experience becomes an opportunity for awakening.

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

We need the courage to learn from our experience and the wisdom to be willing to change and grow.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here. Live in the present moment with awareness.

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.

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

When the heart is still, it can be kind. When the mind is still, it can see clearly.

The path of insight is a path of discovery, not a path of creation. We are discovering what is already there.

Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you're bound to be successful. Bound to be successful.

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

The grass is greener where you water it.

Wisdom arises when you see the true characteristics of phenomena through direct experience.

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

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.

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

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

Since all things are empty of inherent existence, anything is possible. If things had inherent existence, nothing would be possible.

The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being becomes.

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

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

The mind is like a room with many windows. Open them all and let the fresh air in.

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

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

In the moment of pure noting, there is no self - only the knowing and the known.

The essence of meditation is not something complicated or exotic. It is simply taking a break from our habitual patterns.

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

The mind itself is the maker of all happiness and misery; yet beings do not understand this and blame external conditions.

The treasure house within you contains everything, and you are free to use it. You don't need to seek outside.

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

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.

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

Just to be alive is enough.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.

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.

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

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

The water in the ocean can be rough or calm. It can be clear or murky. But the water itself doesn't mind.

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

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

Altruism is not a luxury, it is a necessity for the survival of humanity.

The door of your heart can only be opened from the inside.

Face your own anger and you will be free from anger. Face your own fears and you will be free from fear.

Loving-kindness is not something we need to manufacture. It's a natural expression of our awakened nature.

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

Awareness is the basis, or what you might call the "support," of the mind. It is steady and unchanging, like the pole to which the flag of ordinary consciousness is attached.

Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.

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

In the gap between thoughts, nonconceptual wisdom shines continuously.

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