Each breath is a new beginning, a fresh opportunity to awaken.

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.

When we look directly at our thoughts, they dissolve like bubbles in water.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

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

Peace in oneself, peace in the world.

When we rest in awareness, we discover a peace that is always present, regardless of circumstances.

The practice of vipassana is the study of the self. When you study physical and mental phenomena, you are studying the truth about yourself.

Kindness is the solution to all of life's problems.

The teaching of the Buddha is based on two truths: conventional truth and ultimate truth. Without understanding the relationship between these two, the deeper meaning of the Buddha's teaching cannot be understood.

Sleep is the best meditation.

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

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 moment you note a thought, it disappears. The noting mind keeps the hindrances away.

Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy, and happiness is found in benefiting others.

Every moment of confusion is also a moment of wisdom, if we can learn to recognize it.

When you walk in the mist, you get wet.

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

To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things.

The treasure house within you contains everything, and you are free to use it. You don't need to seek outside.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

The more you understand impermanence, the more you appreciate every moment.

World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.

Each moment of noting is a moment of purification, a moment of cultivating the path.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

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

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

Every being has the potential of becoming a Buddha. Our true nature is Buddha nature.

Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.

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.

The past is just a memory. The future is just a dream. Be here now.

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