When we know the truth, we become people who don't have to think much, we become people with wisdom.

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

Karma is not fate but the law of moral causation, showing us that we are the architects of our own destiny.

The nature of everything is illusory and ephemeral, those with dualistic perception regard suffering as happiness, like they who lick the honey from a razor's edge.

Maintain the state of undistractedness and distractions will fly away.

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

When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point.

Mindfulness is the key to transformation. It enables us to see our experience as it really is, free from distortion and bias.

If I had any position, I would thereby have a flaw. But since I have no position, I alone am without flaw.

The key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion.

To see the truth, do not be for or against. The struggle between for and against is the mind's worst disease.

The practice is not about achieving special states but about seeing ordinary experience with extraordinary clarity.

Those who know emptiness, know impermanence. Those who know impermanence, know non-self. Those who know non-self, know peace.

The practice of mindfulness is the practice of being alive in the present moment.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

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

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

Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious.

The trouble is, you think you have time.

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

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.

In the moment of anger, abandon anger but not the person. In the moment of attachment, abandon attachment but not the person.

The path is not about perfecting ourselves, but about perfecting our love.

The first noble truth of the Buddha is that life contains suffering. The second noble truth is that the cause of suffering is craving.

All that appears and exists, all of samsara and nirvana, has one ground, two paths, and two results. This is the magical display of awareness and unawareness.

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.

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

Kindness is the solution to all of life's problems.

Don't be a bodhisatta; don't be an arahant; don't be anything at all. Being something makes you suffer.

The path of insight is a path of discovery, not a path of creation. We are discovering what is already there.

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

Real happiness comes from having an unshakable connection to the deep wellspring of peace and happiness that is not dependent on external conditions.

Don't try to change the world. First, change yourself.