Meditation is the road to happiness.

The more you give, the more you have. That's the economics of kindness.

The biggest prison is the one we build in our own mind.

The nature of everything is illusory and ephemeral, those with dualistic perception regard suffering as happiness, like they who lick the honey from a razor's edge.

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

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

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken.

The Noble Eightfold Path is not a path of mere intellectual understanding but a path of practice, of inner transformation.

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: you won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.

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

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.

Everybody has the light of Buddha within, but they don't look for it.

When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point.

The practice of meditation is not about achieving states of bliss but about seeing things as they really are.

Meditation is not just about sitting quietly, it's about transforming the mind.

The highest mantra is to be without deception. The highest medicine is to have few desires. The highest meditation is not to be attached.

The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.

The mind is like a wild monkey, jumping here and there. But through meditation, we learn to see whatever arises in our mind with more spaciousness and clarity.

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.

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

The Noble Eightfold Path is a path of training: training in ethical conduct, training in mental discipline, and training in wisdom.

The dharma wheel turns from the beginning. There is neither excess nor deficiency. The whole universe is moistened with nectar, and the truth is ready to harvest.

The more we understand impermanence, the more we appreciate each moment of our lives.

The cultivation of loving-kindness is the thread that runs through all Buddhist teachings.

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

What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

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

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

The nature of mind is not something we need to achieve - it's something we need to recognize.

To see directly is to be free of hope and fear. Hope and fear are like a cloud before the sun.

Try to be mindful and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.