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

Through continuous mindfulness practice, the true nature of physical and mental phenomena becomes clear.

Every sensation shares the same characteristic - arising, passing. Arising, passing. Learn to observe objectively.

Enlightenment is not about becoming something special, but about realizing what we already are.

The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.

In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

Genuine happiness comes from having developed basic human qualities, such as attention, emotional balance, and generosity.

To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and experience themselves is awakening.

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

Suffering comes from our resistance to what is. Peace comes from our acceptance of what is.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy, and happiness is found in benefiting others.

The path of practice moves from faith through understanding to direct realization.

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

Each breath is a new beginning, a fresh opportunity to awaken.

The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.

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.

The past is for learning from, not for living in.

When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help.

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

Craving and aversion are the roots of suffering. Observe them with equanimity.

Personal experience is everything in Zen. No ideas are intelligible to those who have no backing of experience.

Zazen is not step-by-step meditation. Rather it is simply the easy and pleasant practice of a Buddha, the realization of the Buddha's Wisdom.

The ultimate revolution is the spiritual revolution, where we learn to see reality as it truly is.

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

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's happening.

The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves.

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

To see the truth, do not be for or against. The struggle between for and against is the mind's worst disease.

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.

Panic is a gateway to wisdom. When we learn to stay present with our panic, it becomes our teacher.