To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

When mindfulness becomes continuous, the distinction between the observer and the observed begins to break down.

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

The role of Zen is neither to stand above life nor to run away from it, but to face it with a spirit of determination.

Meditation is not just about sitting quietly, it's about transforming the mind.

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

The essence of Buddhist practice is to bring everything onto the path. Every experience becomes an opportunity for awakening.

The most profound meditation is to think nothing at all.

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.

Peace and negativity cannot coexist just as light and darkness cannot coexist.

Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.

The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment.

When you walk in the mist, you get wet.

Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look.

We can learn to be present with whatever is happening in our lives, and in this way, we can begin to transform our relationship to difficulty.

The mind of the past is ungraspable; the mind of the future is ungraspable; the mind of the present is ungraspable.

We need to learn to let our emotions pass through us like waves, without getting caught in their undertow.

Compassion is not mere sentiment but a powerful force that can transform both ourselves and others.

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

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.

The one who grasps at existence suffers in samsara, while the one who grasps at non-existence will find no liberation.

Our practice cannot be perfect, but without being discouraged by this, we should continue it. This is the secret of practice.

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

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

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

The way we look at the world is the way the world looks.

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

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

We need the courage to learn from our experience and the wisdom to be willing to change and grow.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.