The mind is like a well-forged sword - it adapts to all situations.

The key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion.

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

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

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

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Change is possible because there is nothing inherently permanent about our disturbing emotions.

Meditation is not about getting away from it all. It's about getting into it all.

Sleep is the best meditation.

The realization of impermanence leads not to despair but to a deeper appreciation of the preciousness of each moment.

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

Our task is not to seek for love but to find all the barriers within ourselves that we have built against it.

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.

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

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

The purpose of life is to be happy, to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is not to be well known, cited, or powerful.

When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us.

Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.

Our basic nature is pure awareness that simply cognizes experience. Everything else is temporary and adventitious.

Expectations are the thieves of joy.

Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.

The essence of Buddhist practice is to bring everything onto the path. Every experience becomes an opportunity for awakening.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can't solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside.

The practice of mindfulness is simple: whatever you experience, you observe and note it.

The Dhamma is not a collection of doctrinal formulas but a path leading to direct insight into the nature of reality.

Zen is not necessarily against words, but it is well aware of their limitations.

Meditation is not about escaping from difficulty but about meeting it with awareness.

The yogi's joy is in the solitude of mountains, where all distractions naturally dissolve into emptiness.

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

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.