Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.

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

The goal of meditation is not to achieve a blank mind, but to gain insight into the nature of mind itself.

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

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

Every step on the path must be with the understanding of anicca - impermanence. This is the essence of the teaching.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

To what shall I compare this life? It is like a boat that left at dawn, leaving no trace.

Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.

Anxiety and excitement are the same emotion. The only difference is our attitude toward the experience.

The key to transformation is not to fight with our experience but to open to it with awareness.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

We deal with our mind from morning until evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

Enlightenment is not the end of change but the end of resistance to change.

The way is basically perfect. It is not a matter of practice or enlightenment.

The difference between buddhas and sentient beings is that buddhas recognize their nature while sentient beings fail to recognize it.

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.

The heart of the path is quite simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are.

Do everything with a mind that lets go. Don't accept praise or gain or anything else. If you let go a little, you will have a little peace; if you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.

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

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

If you want to understand suffering, you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there.

Meditation is not about getting rid of thoughts; it's about changing the way we relate to them.

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

If you want to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be miserable, expect something in return.

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

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

The whole path of mindfulness is about letting go. We let go of our attachment to our views, our attachment to our opinions, our attachment to our ideas.

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

The goal of Buddhist practice is not to escape from the world but to transform our relationship with it.

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.