Concentration and insight are like two wings of a bird: both are necessary for the flight to liberation.

The law of nature is the law of cause and effect. As you sow, so shall you reap.

If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.

Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.

Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.

The lamp of wisdom burns constantly, illuminating the nature of mind.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death.

Real peace comes from seeing things as they really are, not as we want them to be.

The essence of mind is empty like space; yet it contains all things, like a mirror.

Forgiveness is letting go of the hope that the past could have been any different.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.

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

The more we understand impermanence, the more we appreciate each moment of our lives.

Self-awareness is the key to freedom. The more we understand ourselves, the more we understand how to be free.

Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?

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

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

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

Forgiveness is giving up all hope for a better past.

True peace comes not from controlling the world, but from letting go of control.

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

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

By understanding emptiness, one understands all phenomena. Without understanding emptiness, one understands nothing.

Hope and fear come from feeling that we lack something; they come from a sense of poverty. We can't simply relax with ourselves. We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.

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

True peace is found not in the absence of experience but in the clear seeing of all experience.

The mind of the past is ungraspable; the mind of the future is ungraspable; the mind of the present is ungraspable.

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

The contradiction so puzzling to the ordinary way of thinking comes from the fact that we have to use language to communicate our inner experience, which in its very nature transcends linguistics.

Recognize the emptiness of all phenomena, but do not become attached to emptiness itself.

Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate. Live in joy, in health, even among the afflicted. Live in joy, in peace, even among the troubled. Look within, be still.