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

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

If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.

Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time.

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

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

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

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

The practice is like peeling an onion. Layer after layer of delusion is removed through continuous mindfulness.

Hasten slowly and you will soon arrive.

Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.

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

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

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

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Peace is not found by changing the world, but by changing your attitude to the world.

Compassion is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.

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

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

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

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

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

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.

The more precisely you note, the more clearly you understand. The more clearly you understand, the stronger your insight becomes.

The nature of all things is like a magical illusion, a mirage, a dream, a reflection of the moon in water.

The purpose of a spiritual discipline is to give us a way to stop the war, not by our force of will, but through understanding and through letting go.

Kindness is the solution to all of life's problems.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

If you want to know the past, look at the present. If you want to know the future, look at the present.

If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.

The more you understand, the more you love; the more you love, the more you understand.

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

When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.

The law of nature is the law of cause and effect. As you sow, so shall you reap.

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

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

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

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

Every thought, every word, and every action leaves an imprint on our mind.

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

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

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

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

The highest truth cannot be taught except through the conventional truth.

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

The lamp of wisdom burns constantly, illuminating the nature of mind.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

Vipassana is the art of living. Not the art of escaping.

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

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

The signs of practice are not in extraordinary experiences but in extraordinary awareness of ordinary experiences.

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

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things.

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

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

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

Every step on the path must be with the understanding of anicca - impermanence. This is the essence of the teaching.

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

Ethical conduct is not a constraint upon our freedom but a condition of our freedom.