Mindfulness is attention to life, and life itself is sacred.

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

Those who understand interdependent origination understand suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.

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

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

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

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

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

Suffering is not the end of the story; it is the middle of the story.

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

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

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

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

The knowledge of dissolution comes when you see both the noting mind and noted object dissolving together.

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.

To live is enough.

When we see the nature of the mind, we see that we are not our thoughts.

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

The root of suffering is not in the world outside us but in our own minds.

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

The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.

Every moment of confusion is also a moment of wisdom, if we can learn to recognize it.

When you recognize that pain and suffering are impermanent, you become free.

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

The Buddha taught us to leave alone the things that don't lead to awakening.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

Life is nothing but a continuous chain of sensations. Pleasant or unpleasant, observe them objectively.

The restraint of the senses is not a matter of suppression but of wise attention to our experience.

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.

Wisdom and compassion must be developed equally and harmoniously.

If you want to understand suffering, you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

Happiness is a skill that can be developed like playing an instrument or learning to read.

We deal with our mind from morning until evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

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

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

Be happy at the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

The defilements of the mind are temporary visitors. Pure awareness is your true home.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy, and happiness is found in benefiting others.

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.

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

The force of the kindness of others is so strong, we can't possibly measure it.

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

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

Wisdom is not something we have to strive to acquire. Rather, wisdom arises naturally as we open our hearts to the truth of what is.

Mindfulness is being aware of what's going on, not trying to control what's going on.

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

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

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

The Buddha's teachings are not about abandoning our lives but about bringing the fullness of our attention to our lives.

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

Compassion is not something we develop. It arises naturally as we see the truth of what is.

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

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

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

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

The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought.

The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves.