If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.

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.

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

Misery ceases to exist when we stop reacting to sensations.

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

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.

The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous. Then they will be in control in a wider sense.

The five aggregates are not a theoretical model but a description of lived experience to be investigated through mindfulness.

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

Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive anyway.

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

The three characteristics - impermanence, suffering, and non-self - are not philosophical concepts but aspects of experience to be directly observed.

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

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

The grass is greener where you water it.

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.

The way we look at the world is the way the world looks.

The practice of patience guards us against losing our presence of mind.

Love is the wish that others be happy, and compassion is the wish that they be free from suffering.

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

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

The only thing that we truly have control over is our attitude toward experience.

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced mind that sees things clearly without reaction.

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

Liberation is found in the practice, not in the theory.

Time passes unhindered. When we make ourselves better, we make the world better.

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

A pure mind is always full of love - real love for all others.

Neither from itself nor from another, nor from both, nor without a cause, does anything whatever, anywhere arise.

The one who grasps at existence suffers in samsara, while the one who grasps at non-existence will find no liberation.

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

There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen. Even though you read much Zen literature, you must read each sentence with a fresh mind.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

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

Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead, it's about becoming more fully human.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

The snow lion stays in the mountains, and the snow lion's ways are the snow lion's ways.

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

The secret of happiness is to want what you already have.

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.

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

The development of wisdom does not occur in isolation but requires the cultivation of the entire Noble Eightfold Path.

The everyday practice is simply to develop complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions.

Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.

The truth of suffering is not to be feared but to be understood through direct observation.

The entire path is a path of self-responsibility. Nobody else can walk it for you.

The Buddha's path is not about becoming somebody different but about becoming more and more who you really are.

When you let go of trying to control everything, you can relax and enjoy life.

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

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.

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

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

The true person is not anyone in particular. But like the deep blue color of the limitless sky, it is everyone, everywhere in the world.

The menu is not the meal.

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.

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

The stages of insight unfold naturally when mindfulness is continuous. There is no need to desire them or try to make them happen.