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

Right View is not just a matter of intellectual understanding but of seeing things as they really are.

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

The best way to solve a problem is to help someone else solve their problem.

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.

We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.

Peace and negativity cannot coexist just as light and darkness cannot coexist.

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

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

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

The key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion.

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

Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

The practice of meditation is not about achieving states of bliss but about seeing things as they really are.

In my youth I studied, in my prime I practiced, now all my doubts are cleared.

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

The path of awakening is not about becoming who we think we should be, but about unbecoming who we are not.

The spiritual journey begins with the recognition that beneath our surface happiness there lies a deep inner pain.

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

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

The key to transformation is not to fight with our experience but to open to it with awareness.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

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

The Dhamma is not a collection of doctrinal formulas but a path leading to direct insight into the nature of reality.

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

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

The key to the Buddha's teaching is not grasping, not trying to hold onto things that are essentially impermanent and unstable.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

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

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

Self-awareness is the key to freedom. The more we understand ourselves, the more we understand how to be free.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.

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

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

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

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

The dharma is not about collecting more beliefs but about becoming free from the power of belief itself.

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

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

Your mind is like a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.

Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well.

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

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

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

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.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

The ultimate revolution is the spiritual revolution, where we learn to see reality as it truly is.

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

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

Through violence, you may solve one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

The past is for learning from, not for living in.

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

External phenomena are like a dream, whatever appears is not real. Recognize the nature of dream-like phenomena to be dream-like.

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

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

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

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.

Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.

The practice of mindfulness leads naturally to concentration. Concentration leads naturally to wisdom.