In the moment of anger, abandon anger but not the person. In the moment of attachment, abandon attachment but not the person.

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.

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

The teaching is simple: act with kindness and compassion. If you cannot do this, at least try not to harm others.

The more precisely you note, the more clearly you understand. The more clearly you understand, the stronger your insight becomes.

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 quieter you become, the more you can hear.

Vipassana is the art of living. Not the art of escaping.

The mind is intrinsically empty. It's empty of all that we perceive as being intrinsically "me" and "mine."

Short moments, many times. That is the essence of meditation practice.

Just to be alive is enough.

Loving-kindness is not something we need to manufacture. It's a natural expression of our awakened nature.

The practice of mindfulness transforms the mind from a place of suffering into an instrument of enlightenment.

The mind is everything. What you think, you become.

The noting mind and the object noted appear to occur as a pair. Through concentration they are seen to arise and vanish together.

When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything. When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything.

The art of living... is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.

The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.

The biggest prison is the one we build in our own mind.

The best way to solve a problem is to help someone else solve their problem.

Even if you speak of 'understanding,' this understanding is not a matter of knowledge. It is what fills the entire body and mind.

The path to liberation requires both understanding and practice, both pariyatti and patipatti.

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

Our emotions are like waves in the ocean. We can't stop the waves, but we can learn to surf.

Wherever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars you see. You are one with everything. That is more true than I can say, and more true than you can hear.

The more you understand yourself, the more you understand the world.

Leave your front door and your back door open. Allow your thoughts to come and go. Just don't serve them tea.

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

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

Forgiveness is giving up all hope for a better past.

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.

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

The instant you speak about a thing, you miss the mark.