Awareness is always with us. We don't need to create it or achieve it - we just need to recognize what's already there.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who we think we should be, but about unbecoming who we are not.

The true person is not anyone in particular. But like the deep blue color of the limitless sky, it is everyone, everywhere in the world.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure.

The root of suffering is not in the world outside us but in our own minds.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are not our thoughts.

When we rest in awareness, we discover a peace that is always present, regardless of circumstances.

When we develop patience, we find that we develop a reserve of calm and tranquility.

The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves.

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.

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.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

The secret of happiness is to want what you already have.

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

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

Silence is sometimes the best answer.

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.

One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.

The Four Noble Truths are not mere doctrinal propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our lives.

The cultivation of loving-kindness is the thread that runs through all Buddhist teachings.

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced state of mind.

Sensations are not your enemy. They are your teacher. Through observing them, you understand the truth of existence.

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

Not by hatred is hatred conquered, but by love alone. This is an eternal law.

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

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay.

Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

Every moment of confusion is also a moment of wisdom, if we can learn to recognize it.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

The mind of the past is ungraspable; the mind of the future is ungraspable; the mind of the present is ungraspable.

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.