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

Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.

Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we're holding back.

The practice of ethics is not about following rules but about developing inner purity and freedom.

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

Trees, mountains, and vines all exist in nature according to their own truth. They are born and die following their nature. They remain this way because that's what they are. They don't practice meditation or do anything special.

Our own life has to be our message.

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced mind that sees things clearly without reaction.

Through understanding emptiness, one does not become proud of one's virtues, just as one does not become proud of building a castle in the sky.

To be attached to a thing means that mind and the thing meet and grow into each other.

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

The practice is simply this: keep coming back to your breath during the day. This will give your mind a steadiness and your life a balance.

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

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

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.

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

The purpose of life is to be happy, to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is not to be well known, cited, or powerful.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.

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

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.

Better to have one moment of genuine meditation than to perform religious activities for a thousand years.

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce.

There are many ways to meditate. But at the heart of them all is mindfulness.

Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don't try to figure anything out. Don't try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest.

The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger.

All beings by nature are Buddha, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddha.

Happiness is a skill that can be developed like playing an instrument or learning to read.

Buddhist practice is not to eliminate life's problems but to grow with them patiently and with compassion.

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.

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

When we understand others, we understand ourselves. When we love others, we love ourselves.

The key to meditation is to recognize the nature of your mind rather than trying to change it.

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.