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

The dharma is not outside of you. Looking for it elsewhere is like placing a Buddha on your head while searching for him everywhere else.

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

When the mind is ready to understand, the truth will come to meet it.

Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.

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

Even if you speak of 'understanding,' this understanding is not a matter of knowledge. It is what fills the entire body and mind.

Liberation is found in the practice, not in the theory.

When you are you, Zen is Zen. Big mind is just big mind.

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

When you walk in the mist, you get wet.

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

Sleep is the best meditation.

To live fully is to let go and die with each step.

The Buddha taught that wealth does not bring happiness and security. The pursuit of wealth is a matter of living in balance.

Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.

Whatever we do, we should see ourselves. Reading books doesn't show us our defilements. Watch yourself. Watch your mind.

The awareness that you are here, right now, is the ultimate fact.

The practice of mindfulness is simply to bring awareness to what we are doing, what we are saying, and what we are thinking.

Mindfulness means keeping one's consciousness alive to the present reality.

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

The noting mind and the object noted appear to occur as a pair. Through concentration they are seen to arise and vanish together.

The dharma is not about collecting more beliefs but about becoming free from the power of belief itself.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

The essence of the spiritual journey is the uncovering of what is always already present.

Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.

The one who grasps at existence suffers in samsara, while the one who grasps at non-existence will find no liberation.

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.

Mindfulness is being aware of what is happening right now, without wishing it were different.

The development of wisdom requires both study and practice, both learning and direct experience.

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

The Four Noble Truths are not merely theoretical propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our experience.

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.