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.

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

Each of you is perfect the way you are... and you can use a little improvement.

When dharma fills your body and mind, you realize that something is missing.

Panic, anxiety, and stress are not obstacles to the practice. They are the path to wisdom and compassion.

Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer, see it, know it, be empty.

Your mind is like a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.

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

In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived, how well we have loved, how well we have learned to let go.

Real peace comes from seeing things as they really are, not as we want them to be.

Mindfulness is attention to life, and life itself is sacred.

The root of all suffering is ignorance. The antidote to ignorance is wisdom that realizes emptiness.

Our basic nature is pure awareness that simply cognizes experience. Everything else is temporary and adventitious.

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

When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.

What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale.

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

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few.

The nature of everything is illusory and ephemeral, those with dualistic perception regard suffering as happiness, like they who lick the honey from a razor's edge.

Our practice cannot be perfect, but without being discouraged by this, we should continue it. This is the secret of practice.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

There is no difference at all between samsara and nirvana. There is no difference at all between nirvana and samsara.

The difference between being caught in thoughts and being mindful of thoughts is like the difference between being in a movie and watching a movie.

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

The mind that sees its own nature becomes free from all extremes.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophy or a religion; it is a method of practice.

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: you won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here. Live in the present moment with awareness.

True happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through cultivation of altruism, of love, of compassion.