Panic is a gateway to wisdom. When we learn to stay present with our panic, it becomes our teacher.

Change is possible because there is nothing inherently permanent about our disturbing emotions.

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything.

The mind itself is the maker of all happiness and misery; yet beings do not understand this and blame external conditions.

The obstacle is the path.

Wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but about seeing through all knowledge.

Hope and fear come from feeling that we lack something; they come from a sense of poverty. We can't simply relax with ourselves. We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.

Don't be afraid of the future. The future is good.

The practice of Buddhism is fundamentally a practice of expanding our happiness and diminishing our suffering.

The dharma wheel turns from the beginning. There is neither excess nor deficiency. The whole universe is moistened with nectar, and the truth is ready to harvest.

In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess.

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.

Compassion is a verb.

The cave I live in is empty and so is my mind. I live simply and at ease.

The measure of success in spiritual life is how peaceful you are.

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

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

The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous. Then they will be in control in a wider sense.

It is never too late to turn on the light.

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.

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

The mind has first to be attuned to the Unconscious.

The key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion.

When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love.

The purpose of meditation is to gain right understanding of the true nature of mental and physical phenomena.

The key to the Buddha's teaching is not grasping, not trying to hold onto things that are essentially impermanent and unstable.

If you want to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be miserable, expect something in return.

Try to be mindful and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.

The everyday practice is simply to develop complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions.

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

Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.

The object of meditation and the mind which knows it must be noted as they occur. If they are not noted, desire arises and disturbs concentration.

In the gap between thoughts, nonconceptual wisdom shines continuously.