Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher.

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.

People who study a lot but don't practice are like a ladle in a soup pot. It's in the soup every day, but it doesn't know the taste of the soup.

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: you won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.

Try to be mindful and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.

Our defilements are like tame tigers. If you feed them, they're tame. If you stop feeding them, they'll eat you up.

The Buddha taught us to leave alone the things that don't lead to awakening.

The mind is intrinsically empty. It's empty of all that we perceive as being intrinsically "me" and "mine."

The heart of the path is quite simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are.

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

When the heart is still, it can be kind. When the mind is still, it can see clearly.

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

Trees, mountains, and vines all exist in nature according to their own truth. They are born and die following their nature. They remain this way because that's what they are. They don't practice meditation or do anything special.

Whatever we do, we should see ourselves. Reading books doesn't show us our defilements. Watch yourself. Watch your mind.

If you want to find peace, then look at that point where you find you're dissatisfied and investigate what's really going on.

Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.

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.

The heart of one who practices is like the earth. No matter what they throw on it, the earth remains unchanged.

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.