All that appears and exists, all of samsara and nirvana, has one ground, two paths, and two results. This is the magical display of awareness and unawareness.

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.

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

There is no difference at all between samsara and nirvana. There is no difference at all between nirvana and samsara.

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

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

When mindfulness and concentration are strong, insight into the three characteristics naturally unfolds.

The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being becomes.

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

Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.

To what shall I compare this life? It is like a boat that left at dawn, leaving no trace.

Don't be a bodhisatta; don't be an arahant; don't be anything at all. Being something makes you suffer.

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

The difference between being caught in thoughts and being mindful of thoughts is like the difference between being in a movie and watching a movie.

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

The Buddha's teaching is not about belief but about investigation, not about accepting but about examining.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

Nothing is permanent. Everything is subject to change. Being is always becoming.

The path of practice requires both faith and wisdom, both devotion and understanding.

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

The deepest form of happiness comes from discovering the natural peace of our own awareness.

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

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

The ocean does not reject any water; therefore it is great. The mountain does not select its stones; therefore it is great.

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

The menu is not the meal.

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

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

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

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.

Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.

True happiness is not about getting rid of all our problems, but about changing our relationship to them.

The first step toward faith is to admit that we don't know everything.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

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

What Zen wants us to do is to acquire an entirely new point of view whereby to look into the mysteries of life and the secrets of nature.

Liberation is not found by running away from our experience but by looking deeply into it.

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

Life is an art, and like perfect art it should be self-forgetting.

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

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

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

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

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

When the heart is still, it can be kind. When the mind is still, it can see clearly.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

The spiritual journey is not about heaven and finally getting to a place that's really swell.

Silence is sometimes the best answer.

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

The more you understand yourself, the more you understand the world.

Do not mistake understanding for realization, and do not mistake realization for liberation.

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

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

Since all things are empty of inherent existence, anything is possible. If things had inherent existence, nothing would be possible.

The trouble is, you think you have time.

Faith is the firm foundation, diligence the supporting pillar, and wisdom the roof of the house of practice.

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