Meditation is not an escape from life but a way to fully engage with life.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy, and happiness is found in benefiting others.

Liberation is found in the practice, not in the theory.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy. This is the goal of Buddhist practice.

The ultimate revolution is the spiritual revolution, where we learn to see reality as it truly is.

When you recognize that pain and suffering are impermanent, you become free.

The essence of Buddhist practice is to reduce our selfishness and to work for the benefit of others.

The purpose of life is to be happy, to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is not to be well known, cited, or powerful.

The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophy or a religion; it is a method of practice.

When we develop patience, we find that we develop a reserve of calm and tranquility.

The purpose of meditation is to make our mind calm and peaceful. If our mind is peaceful, we will be free from worries and mental discomfort.

The more you understand yourself, the more you understand the world.

True freedom is not the absence of commitment but the presence of choice.

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

The practice of patience guards us against losing our presence of mind.

Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead, it's about becoming more fully human.

Emptiness is not nothingness. Emptiness is the space of possibility.

The essence of Buddhism is not a belief system but a systematic investigation of our experience.

The practice of mindfulness begins in the small, remote cave of your unconscious mind and blossoms with the sunlight of your conscious life.