Anxiety and excitement are the same emotion. The only difference is our attitude toward the experience.

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

Our emotions are like waves in the ocean. We can't stop the waves, but we can learn to surf.

The practice of meditation is like tuning an instrument. Too tight, and the strings break. Too loose, and they won't play.

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

Panic is a gateway to wisdom. When we learn to stay present with our panic, it becomes our teacher.

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

The deepest form of happiness comes from discovering the natural peace of our own awareness.

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

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

The greatest obstacle to meditation is our expectation about what it should be.

The purpose of meditation is not to create a new state of mind, but to recognize what is already present.

The difference between being caught in thoughts and being mindful of thoughts is like the difference between being in a movie and watching a movie.

True happiness is not about getting rid of all our problems, but about changing our relationship to them.

The Buddha's teachings are not a religion, but a science of mind.

The essence of meditation is not something complicated or exotic. It is simply taking a break from our habitual patterns.

The key to transformation is not to fight with our experience but to open to it with awareness.

When we rest in awareness, we discover a peace that is always present, regardless of circumstances.

When we look directly at our thoughts, they dissolve like bubbles in water.

Short moments, many times. That is the essence of meditation practice.