Every moment is a fresh beginning. Every breath is a new chance.

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

Each of you is perfect the way you are... and you can use a little improvement.

The only things that are truly mine are my actions and their results.

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

The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.

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

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

The root of suffering is attachment.

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

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

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.

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

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.

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

Don't be afraid of the future. The future is good.

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

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

Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both. Appreciating the gloriousness inspires us, encourages us, cheers us up, gives us a bigger perspective, energizes us. We feel connected. But if that's all that's happening, we get arrogant and start to look down on others, and there is a sense of making ourselves a big deal and being really serious about it, wanting it to be like that forever. The gloriousness becomes tinged by craving and addiction. On the other hand, wretchedness--life's painful aspect--softens us up considerably. Knowing pain is a very important ingredient of being there for another person.

When mindfulness becomes continuous, the distinction between the observer and the observed begins to break down.

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.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

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

The more we understand our mind, the more we understand the world.

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

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

The path to liberation requires both understanding and practice, both pariyatti and patipatti.

The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery.

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

When dharma fills your body and mind, you realize that something is missing.

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

Through continuous mindfulness practice, the true nature of physical and mental phenomena becomes clear.

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

Change is the nature of every phenomenon. Accept this truth and you will live a happy life.

The contradiction so puzzling to the ordinary way of thinking comes from the fact that we have to use language to communicate our inner experience, which in its very nature transcends linguistics.

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

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

The practice of mindfulness is the practice of being alive in the present moment.

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

The nature of mind is clearer than the sky, yet we keep looking elsewhere.

Panic is a gateway to wisdom. When we learn to stay present with our panic, it becomes our teacher.

Trees, mountains, and vines all exist in nature according to their own truth. They are born and die following their nature. They remain this way because that's what they are. They don't practice meditation or do anything special.

Anxiety and excitement are the same emotion. The only difference is our attitude toward the experience.

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

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

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

The essence of the spiritual journey is the uncovering of what is always already present.

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

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

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

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

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

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

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

The development of wisdom requires both study and practice, both learning and direct experience.

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

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

The root of all suffering is ignorance. The antidote to ignorance is wisdom that realizes emptiness.

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

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.