The grass is greener where you water it.

The archer ceases to be conscious of himself as the one who is engaged in hitting the bull's-eye which confronts him. This state of unconsciousness is realized only when, completely empty and rid of the self, he becomes one with the perfecting of his technical skill.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

Our defilements are like tame tigers. If you feed them, they're tame. If you stop feeding them, they'll eat you up.

Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.

Leave your front door and your back door open. Allow your thoughts to come and go. Just don't serve them tea.

Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.

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

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

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.

The perfect moment is this one, not the one you're waiting for.

Silence is sometimes the best answer.

The real purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

If you want to know the past, look at the present. If you want to know the future, look at the present.

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

When we look directly at our thoughts, they dissolve like bubbles in water.

The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.

Buddhist practice is not to eliminate life's problems but to grow with them patiently and with compassion.

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

The practice of meditation is not about achieving states of bliss but about seeing things as they really are.

Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is awakened.

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

Whatever is dependently co-arisen, that is explained to be emptiness. That, being a dependent designation, is itself the middle way.

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Vipassana is the art of living. Not the art of escaping.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

The dharma is not about collecting more beliefs but about becoming free from the power of belief itself.

Mindfulness is the key to the present moment. Without it we cannot see the world clearly, and we cannot make the wisest choices in our lives.