External seeking only leads to exhaustion. When you imitate others, you lose your own authenticity.

The only way to experience truth is to look within, to observe oneself.

Every sensation shares the same characteristic - arising, passing. Arising, passing. Learn to observe objectively.

The essence of meditation is not something complicated or exotic. It is simply taking a break from our habitual patterns.

The mind is the forerunner of all things. Our present life is the result of our past thoughts, and our future life will be the result of our present thoughts.

Meditation is not about trying to change ourselves. Meditation is about being aware of what is.

Happiness is a skill that can be developed like playing an instrument or learning to read.

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

Compassion is not just about being kind to others. It's about being kind to ourselves as well.

When the heart is still, it can be kind. When the mind is still, it can see clearly.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

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

When you note pain, you are not trying to make it go away. You are trying to understand its true nature.

To see the truth, do not be for or against. The struggle between for and against is the mind's worst disease.

The only things that are truly mine are my actions and their results.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.

When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point.

Don't expect or desire anything. Just keep noting whatever arises in the present moment.

Don't be a bodhisatta; don't be an arahant; don't be anything at all. Being something makes you suffer.

The movement of love is what creates the beauty in our lives.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

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

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

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

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

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

If I had any position, I would thereby have a flaw. But since I have no position, I alone am without flaw.

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

The essence of all phenomena is empty and clear like space. The nature of mind is awareness-emptiness like the sun and sky.

The practice of meditation is like tuning an instrument. Too tight, and the strings break. Too loose, and they won't play.