If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything.

The root of suffering is not in the world outside us but in our own minds.

The path to liberation requires both individual effort and the support of the spiritual community.

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

The more you meditate, the more you understand yourself and the better friend you become to yourself.

If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.

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

Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

Altruism is not a luxury, it is a necessity for the survival of humanity.

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

The Buddha's teachings are not about abandoning our lives but about bringing the fullness of our attention to our lives.

Suffering is not the end of the story; it is the middle of the story.

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.

When you generate negativity, you are the first victim of your negativity.

Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world.

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

Instead of having a deep understanding of the teaching, we need a strong confidence in our teaching, which says that originally we have Buddha nature.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

We need to learn to let our emotions pass through us like waves, without getting caught in their undertow.

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being becomes.

Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

True happiness is born of letting go of what is unnecessary.

The development of wisdom does not occur in isolation but requires the cultivation of the entire Noble Eightfold Path.

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.

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

In meditation, we are continuously discovering who and what we are.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.