The way we look at the world is the way the world looks.

A pure mind is always full of love - real love for all others.

As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion.

The stages of insight unfold naturally when mindfulness is continuous. There is no need to desire them or try to make them happen.

We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people's hearts.

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

The most important thing in life is to know death is coming and to prepare for it.

When thoughts arise, recognize them as the display of your own awareness, like recognizing your own children in a crowd.

The Dhamma unfolds in accordance with a definite sequence: faith, virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, and insight.

Enlightenment is the realization that we were never really separate from one another or from all of life.

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

When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

Observe the reality as it is, not as you wish it to be.

Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

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

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.

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.

The way to change the world is to change your own mind.

Hasten slowly and you will soon arrive.

Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.

The practice of mindfulness leads naturally to concentration. Concentration leads naturally to wisdom.

This very body is the Buddha. And this very earth the lotus paradise.

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

Silence is sometimes the best answer.

Wisdom arises when you see the true characteristics of phenomena through direct experience.

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself.

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

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophical system but a practical guide to living.

The truth of suffering is not to be feared but to be understood through direct observation.

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you're bound to be successful. Bound to be successful.

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

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