When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

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

The Buddha taught us to leave alone the things that don't lead to awakening.

The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have.

Where is the place that your original face has not yet emerged?

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

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

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

As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind.

Love is not a feeling. It's a capability.

When concentration is developed, wisdom arises. When wisdom arises, one becomes disenchanted with the five aggregates.

When you note effectively, there is no time for defilements to arise. The mind becomes pure through noting.

The more you meditate, the more you understand yourself and the better friend you become to yourself.

The practice of meditation requires both energy and patience, both effort and relaxation.

Change is possible because there is nothing inherently permanent about our disturbing emotions.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.

What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

To see the truth, do not be for or against. The struggle between for and against is the mind's worst disease.

The three characteristics - impermanence, suffering, and non-self - are not philosophical concepts but aspects of experience to be directly observed.

Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.

The mind is intrinsically empty. It's empty of all that we perceive as being intrinsically "me" and "mine."

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

The mind is like a wild monkey, jumping here and there. But through meditation, we learn to see whatever arises in our mind with more spaciousness and clarity.

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

The menu is not the meal.

Enlightenment is not the end of change but the end of resistance to change.

Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious.

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.

Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer, see it, know it, be empty.