Sensations are not your enemy. They are your teacher. Through observing them, you understand the truth of existence.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy, and happiness is found in benefiting others.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Don't expect or desire anything. Just keep noting whatever arises in the present moment.

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

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

Meditation is like catching a fish. If you try to catch it quickly, you'll miss it. If you have patience and know how to wait, the fish will come.

When you look deeply into your anger, you will see that the person you call your enemy is also suffering. As soon as you see that, the capacity for accepting and having compassion for them is there.

The dharma is not in the books. If you want to find the dharma, look in your mind.

The basic teaching of Buddhism is the teaching of transiency, or change.

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.

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.

When we rest in awareness, we discover a peace that is always present, regardless of circumstances.

This very body is the Buddha. And this very earth the lotus paradise.

Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

Every being has the potential of becoming a Buddha. Our true nature is Buddha nature.

Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.

The purpose of meditation is not to create a new state of mind, but to recognize what is already present.

The deepest happiness comes from having an enduring sense of purpose, one that gives our lives meaning beyond the endless pursuit of pleasure and success.

True happiness is not about getting rid of all our problems, but about changing our relationship to them.

When we see the nature of the mind, we see that we are not our thoughts.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.

The only way to experience truth is to look within, to observe oneself.

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

True freedom is not the absence of commitment but the presence of choice.

Real freedom is not about controlling our experience, but about being free within our experience.

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

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

To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfection.