Mindfulness is the key to transformation. It enables us to see our experience as it really is, free from distortion and bias.

Compassion is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.

Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.

Wisdom arises when you see the true characteristics of phenomena through direct experience.

The perfect moment is this one, not the one you're waiting for.

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.

Mindfulness is being aware of what is happening right now, without wishing it were different.

The practitioner and practice are like fire and wood. The more you practice, the more you burn.

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

Do not mistake understanding for realization, and do not mistake realization for liberation.

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

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.

The essence of Buddhism is not a belief system but a systematic investigation of our experience.

If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.

If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.

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

The trouble is, you think you have time.

Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.

The heart of one who practices is like the earth. No matter what they throw on it, the earth remains unchanged.

The essence of mind is empty like space; yet it contains all things, like a mirror.

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

If you want to find peace, then look at that point where you find you're dissatisfied and investigate what's really going on.

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

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

Silence is sometimes the best answer.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

Insight knowledge comes from direct experience, not from intellectual understanding.

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

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

Our own life has to be our message.

All experiences are preceded by mind, led by mind, made by mind. Speak or act with a corrupted mind, and suffering follows as the wagon wheel follows the hoof of the ox.

Where there is great doubt, there is great awakening; small doubt, small awakening; no doubt, no awakening.