Panic is a gateway to wisdom. When we learn to stay present with our panic, it becomes our teacher.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

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

When we understand that peace is not dependent on external conditions, we can find it in the midst of any circumstance.

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

The art of living... is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.

The four foundations of mindfulness are not separate practices but different aspects of the same practice of clear awareness.

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

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

Just observe whatever arises. Don't try to create anything, and don't reject anything.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are not our thoughts.

My religion is to live and die without regret.

The cultivation of loving-kindness has the power to transform enmity into amity, hostility into hospitality.

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

When mindfulness is weak, defilements are strong; when mindfulness is strong, defilements are weak.

To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things.

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

The trouble is, you think you have time.

The cave I live in is empty and so is my mind. I live simply and at ease.

Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is awakened.

The ultimate purpose of Buddhism is to serve and benefit humanity.

If I had any position, I would thereby have a flaw. But since I have no position, I alone am without flaw.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.

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

Our defilements are like tame tigers. If you feed them, they're tame. If you stop feeding them, they'll eat you up.

The path to liberation is through understanding the true nature of mind and matter through direct observation.

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

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.

When I run from suffering, it follows me. When I face suffering with equanimity, it runs from me.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

The mind is like a well-forged sword - it adapts to all situations.