Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive anyway.

Mindfulness is the gentle effort to be continuously present with experience.

True peace comes not from controlling the world, but from letting go of control.

The grass is greener where you water it.

When we understand others, we understand ourselves. When we love others, we love ourselves.

The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.

Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.

Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.

The way to overcome anger is to be too busy being kind to have time to be angry.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.

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

The Buddha's path is not about becoming somebody different but about becoming more and more who you really are.

The biggest prison is the one we build in our own mind.

Forgiveness is letting go of the hope that the past could have been any different.

The best way to solve a problem is to help someone else solve their problem.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.

The measure of success in spiritual life is how peaceful you are.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

Happiness is not about getting what you want, but wanting what you've got.