A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.

The path of insight is a path of discovery, not a path of creation. We are discovering what is already there.

For whom emptiness is possible, everything is possible. For whom emptiness is not possible, nothing is possible.

When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick. Every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower.

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

The more we understand impermanence, the more we understand that we can't hold on to anything.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

The truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act, not merely to reflect.

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

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

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.

The contradiction so puzzling to the ordinary way of thinking comes from the fact that we have to use language to communicate our inner experience, which in its very nature transcends linguistics.

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

Meditation is not an escape from reality but a way to understand reality as it truly is.

Misery ceases to exist when we stop reacting to sensations.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

Whoever told you that practice and enlightenment are separate?

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

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

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 purpose of meditation is to make our mind calm and peaceful. If our mind is peaceful, we will be free from worries and mental discomfort.

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

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.

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

The more we understand the nature of our mind, the more we understand the nature of our world.

Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophical system but a practical guide to living.

Just to be alive is enough.

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

The essence of the spiritual journey is the uncovering of what is always already present.

The dharma is not about collecting more beliefs but about becoming free from the power of belief itself.

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

The nature of the mind is like the sky, and our thoughts, emotions, and experiences are like clouds passing through it.