Life is like a cup of tea. It's all in how you make it.

The Buddha's teaching challenges us to master the art of living, to live in a way that leads to the extinction of suffering.

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

Recognize the emptiness of all phenomena, but do not become attached to emptiness itself.

The most important factor in achieving happiness is the mind. Happiness and suffering are mental states and therefore depend on the mind.

The path to enlightenment is not a path at all. It is a realization that where you are is where you have always been.

Freedom is not found in the absence of difficulty, but in our relationship to it.

Life is available only in the present moment.

The more you understand yourself, the more you understand the world.

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.

The quality of every moment depends on the state of our minds.

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.

When mindfulness and concentration are strong, insight into the three characteristics naturally unfolds.

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

The highest mantra is to be without deception. The highest medicine is to have few desires. The highest meditation is not to be attached.

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

Mindfulness is being aware of what's going on, not trying to control what's going on.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

This very body is the Buddha. And this very earth the lotus paradise.

Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks.

Metta (loving-kindness) becomes truly effective only when it arises from a peaceful mind, a pure mind, a balanced mind.

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

Through violence, you may solve one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.

When we see the nature of the mind, we see that we are not our thoughts.

Each of you is perfect the way you are... and you can use a little improvement.

The mind is like a room with many windows. Open them all and let the fresh air in.

The practice is like peeling an onion. Layer after layer of delusion is removed through continuous mindfulness.

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.

Anxiety and excitement are the same emotion. The only difference is our attitude toward the experience.

Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.

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

The entire path is a path of self-responsibility. Nobody else can walk it for you.