Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile.

Loving-kindness is not something we need to manufacture. It's a natural expression of our awakened nature.

Zen is a way of life, not a theory or a piece of knowledge to be stored away in our minds.

The nature of mind is clearer than the sky, yet we keep looking elsewhere.

The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

Wisdom arises when you see the true characteristics of phenomena through direct experience.

Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.

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

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Meditation is not about trying to change your experience; it's about changing your relationship to your experience.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

The everyday practice is simply to develop complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions.

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

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.

The nature of everything is empty and clear, and the mind is beyond both existence and nonexistence.

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

Whoever told you that practice and enlightenment are separate?

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

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.

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.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

Awareness is always with us. We don't need to create it or achieve it - we just need to recognize what's already there.

Compassion is not just about being kind to others. It's about being kind to ourselves as well.

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals.

This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

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

Happiness is not the pursuit of an endless succession of experiences but an attitude toward life.

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

The only things that are truly mine are my actions and their results.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.