Those who know emptiness, know impermanence. Those who know impermanence, know non-self. Those who know non-self, know peace.

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

Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

The key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion.

Forgiveness is giving up all hope for a better past.

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything.

The more you suffer the deeper grows your character, and with the deepening of your character you read the more penetratingly into the secrets of life.

The real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.

The path is not about perfecting ourselves, but about perfecting our love.

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.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

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

Personal experience is everything in Zen. No ideas are intelligible to those who have no backing of experience.

If you want to know your past life, look into your present condition; if you want to know your future life, look into your present actions.

The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous. Then they will be in control in a wider sense.

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

The door of your heart can only be opened from the inside.

Sticking with uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic—this is the spiritual path.

To live – is that not enough? To love – is that not everything?

The goal of meditation is not to achieve a blank mind, but to gain insight into the nature of mind itself.

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

Wisdom is not something we have to strive to acquire. Rather, wisdom arises naturally as we open our hearts to the truth of what is.

Do not mistake understanding for realization, and do not mistake realization for liberation.

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

One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

The mind has first to be attuned to the Unconscious.

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

Dependent origination is not a theory about the origin of the world but a teaching that shows how suffering originates in dependence on our own mental processes.

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.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

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.

In true vipassana practice, there is no room for likes and dislikes. There is only observation.