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

At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening. If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully.

Silence is sometimes the best answer.

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

The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

When walking, just walk. When sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble.

When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.

Zen is not necessarily against words, but it is well aware of their limitations.

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

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

Happiness is found in the simplest of things. It is not in the things you own, but in the love you share.

The superior person is like water, bringing benefit to all without competing.

The view is like a lion - it cannot be led around by anything else. Meditation is like an eagle - it cannot be distracted by anything else. Action is like a madman - it is free from accepting and rejecting.

Life is available only in the present moment.

You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.

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

To live is enough.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay.

The idea of Zen is to catch life as it flows. There is nothing extraordinary or mysterious about Zen. I raise my hand; I take a book from the other side of the desk; I hear the boys playing ball outside my window; I see the clouds blown away beyond the neighboring wood: all these I do in Zen.

Sankharas are the seeds of consciousness that manifest as sensations. By observing sensations equanimously, we stop creating new sankharas.

The mind is the forerunner of all things. Our present life is the result of our past thoughts, and our future life will be the result of our present thoughts.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophy or a religion; it is a method of practice.

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

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

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

You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.

The Buddha's teaching is a middle way between all extremes, between eternalism and annihilationism, between self-indulgence and self-torture.

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.

The purpose of meditation is to make our mind calm and peaceful. If our mind is peaceful, we will be free from worries and mental discomfort.

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

The only way to fail at meditation is to stop doing it.