Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

The menu is not the meal.

Mindfulness is the key to the present moment. Without it we cannot see the world clearly, and we cannot make the wisest choices in our lives.

In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment of the present where life quivers in its true sense.

Our own life has to be our message.

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

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

Your mind is like a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.

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

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

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

The heart of the path is quite simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are.

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

If you want to find peace, then look at that point where you find you're dissatisfied and investigate what's really going on.

The truth of suffering is not to be feared but to be understood through direct observation.

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.

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

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

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

Each moment of clear seeing is a moment of freedom from the illusion of permanence, satisfaction, and self.

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

If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.

Our true nature is like a diamond - pure, brilliant, and indestructible. No matter how much dirt covers it, its essential nature remains unchanged.

Meditation is not about getting away from it all. It's about getting into it all.

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

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

When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.

The time of the past becomes the present, the time of the present becomes the future, the time of the future becomes the present, and the time of the present becomes the past.

Devotion is the head of meditation, as is often said. When you are inspired by some spiritual teacher, you can have a very strong connection with that person, and thereby the blessings can enter.

Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world.

When you realize the emptiness of all phenomena, compassion will arise in your heart for all sentient beings who do not understand this truth.

Our task is not to seek for love but to find all the barriers within ourselves that we have built against it.

Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, just as ice and water are of the same substance.