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

Birth and death are neither two things nor one thing. Life is not an appearance, death is not a disappearance.

Hasten slowly and you will soon arrive.

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.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

The goal of Buddhist practice is not to escape from the world but to transform our relationship with it.

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

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.

Sticking with uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic—this is the spiritual path.

Each breath is a new beginning, a fresh opportunity to awaken.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

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

The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds.

Love is the wish that others be happy, and compassion is the wish that they be free from suffering.

Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.

The supreme path is not to fabricate anything. The supreme meditation is not to be distracted.

The water in the ocean can be rough or calm. It can be clear or murky. But the water itself doesn't mind.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

We need the courage to learn from our experience and the wisdom to be willing to change and grow.

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

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.

Nothing can harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

Do everything with a mind that lets go. Don't accept praise or gain or anything else. 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.

When I run from suffering, it follows me. When I face suffering with equanimity, it runs from me.

Mindfulness is attention to life, and life itself is sacred.

Expectations are the thieves of joy.

The only thing that we truly have control over is our attitude toward experience.

The practice of mindfulness leads naturally to concentration. Concentration leads naturally to wisdom.

Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world.

The cave I live in is empty and so is my mind. I live simply and at ease.

Your mind is like a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.

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