Compassion is the radicalism of our time.

The most profound meditation is to think nothing at all.

The key to meditation is to recognize the nature of your mind rather than trying to change it.

Meditation is not an escape from life but a way to fully engage with life.

All beings by nature are Buddha, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddha.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay.

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

The mind is like a well-forged sword - it adapts to all situations.

Many people think excitement is happiness... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

Those who understand interdependent origination understand suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

The practice is simply this: keep coming back to your breath during the day. This will give your mind a steadiness and your life a balance.

In true vipassana practice, there is no room for likes and dislikes. There is only observation.

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

The lamp of wisdom burns constantly, illuminating the nature of mind.

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

Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken! Take heed, do not squander your life.

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

Just observe whatever arises. Don't try to create anything, and don't reject anything.

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world.

Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.

The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities.

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.

Since all things are empty of inherent existence, anything is possible. If things had inherent existence, nothing would be possible.

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

Mindfulness is the gentle effort to be continuously present with experience.

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

When we understand others, we understand ourselves. When we love others, we love ourselves.

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

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

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

In the moment of pure noting, there is no self - only the knowing and the known.