When you walk in the mist, you get wet.

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

Everybody has the light of Buddha within, but they don't look for it.

The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with.

In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess.

The development of wisdom requires both study and practice, both learning and direct experience.

When you see forms or hear sounds fully engaging body-and-mind, you intuit dharma intimately.

May all beings be happy, be peaceful, be liberated.

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

The role of Zen is neither to stand above life nor to run away from it, but to face it with a spirit of determination.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

Radiate boundless love towards the entire world — above, below, and across — unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.

The ultimate purpose of Buddhism is to serve and benefit humanity.

Zen proposes its solution by directly appealing to facts of personal experience and not to book-knowledge.

When one sees with wisdom that all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, one is liberated from suffering.

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

The silence between the notes is as important as the notes themselves.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay.

The essence of meditation is not something complicated or exotic. It is simply taking a break from our habitual patterns.

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

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.

Each moment of clear seeing is a moment of freedom from the illusion of permanence, satisfaction, and self.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

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

Should you desire the great tranquility, prepare to sweat white beads.

Impermanence, suffering, and non-self are not philosophical concepts but realities to be directly perceived through mindfulness practice.

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

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

Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer, see it, know it, be empty.

The Buddha's teachings are not a religion, but a science of mind.

In the moment of love, awareness is very strong. Use that awareness, that strength of consciousness, to look into yourself.

Life is like a cup of tea. It's all in how you make it.