You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.

Although all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, they function perfectly well.

When you look deeply into your anger, you will see that the person you call your enemy is also suffering. As soon as you see that, the capacity for accepting and having compassion for them is there.

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.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

When things fall apart and we're on the verge of we know not what, the test of each of us is to stay on that brink and not concretize.

What we learn about the world is colored by the way we approach it.

The Buddha's teaching is not about belief but about investigation, not about accepting but about examining.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

When you love someone, you have to have trust and confidence. Love without trust is not yet love.

The deepest form of happiness comes from discovering the natural peace of our own awareness.

The purpose of meditation is to make our mind calm and peaceful. If our mind is peaceful, we will be free from worries and mental discomfort.

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

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

Enlightenment is the realization that we were never really separate from one another or from all of life.

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.

The defilements of the mind are temporary visitors. Pure awareness is your true home.

When mindfulness is weak, defilements are strong; when mindfulness is strong, defilements are weak.

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

The six realms of existence are like a dream, why build a prison for yourself?

Nothing can harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.

The purpose of meditation is not to create a new state of mind, but to recognize what is already present.

My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand.

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

In the spring, hundreds of flowers; in autumn, a harvest moon; in the summer, a refreshing breeze; in winter, snow will accompany you. If useless things do not hang in your mind, any season is a good season for you.

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

If you want to know the past, look at the present. If you want to know the future, look at the present.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

Hasten slowly and you will soon arrive.

The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.

When we understand that peace is not dependent on external conditions, we can find it in the midst of any circumstance.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.