My religion is to live and die without regret.

The mind that sees its own nature becomes free from all extremes.

When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick. Every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower.

To be attached to a thing means that mind and the thing meet and grow into each other.

External seeking only leads to exhaustion. When you imitate others, you lose your own authenticity.

Better to have one moment of genuine meditation than to perform religious activities for a thousand years.

The essence of mind is empty like space; yet it contains all things, like a mirror.

The precious pot containing my riches becomes my teacher in the very moment it breaks.

The practitioner and practice are like fire and wood. The more you practice, the more you burn.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

The lamp of wisdom burns constantly, illuminating the nature of mind.

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death.

The teaching is simple: act with kindness and compassion. If you cannot do this, at least try not to harm others.

The snow lion stays in the mountains, and the snow lion's ways are the snow lion's ways.

In the monastery of your body, the monk of your mind must stay in retreat.

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

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

The nature of everything is illusory and ephemeral, those with dualistic perception regard suffering as happiness, like they who lick the honey from a razor's edge.

Hasten slowly and you will soon arrive.

The most important thing in life is to know death is coming and to prepare for it.