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

The whole path of mindfulness is about letting go. We let go of our attachment to our views, our attachment to our opinions, our attachment to our ideas.

The nature of mind is clearer than the sky, yet we keep looking elsewhere.

Mindfulness is the key to transformation. It enables us to see our experience as it really is, free from distortion and bias.

When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.

The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.

The nature of mind is like a mirror. It is not affected by whatever appears in it, yet it never fails to reflect everything perfectly.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

The Noble Eightfold Path is a path of training: training in ethical conduct, training in mental discipline, and training in wisdom.

You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.

Face your own anger and you will be free from anger. Face your own fears and you will be free from fear.

If you want to understand suffering, you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there.

Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

The more we understand the nature of our mind, the more we understand the nature of our world.

If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.

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

Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.

The basic idea of Zen is to come in touch with the inner workings of our being, and to do this in the most direct way possible, without resorting to anything external or superadded.

The mind of the past is ungraspable; the mind of the future is ungraspable; the mind of the present is ungraspable.

Real freedom is not about controlling our experience, but about being free within our experience.

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

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

The Noble Eightfold Path is not a path of mere intellectual understanding but a path of practice, of inner transformation.

Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don't try to figure anything out. Don't try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest.

Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.

Concentration develops naturally through continuous noting. Don't try to force concentration to arise.

The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.

The mind has first to be attuned to the Unconscious.

The mind is like a room with many windows. Open them all and let the fresh air in.

The nature of everything is empty and clear, and the mind is beyond both existence and nonexistence.

The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.

Should you desire the great tranquility, prepare to sweat white beads.

You are the master of your own mind. You can be your best friend or your worst enemy.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

The path to liberation is a gradual path of self-discipline, self-development, and self-transformation.

The noting mind and the object noted appear to occur as a pair. Through concentration they are seen to arise and vanish together.

Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we're holding back.

Zen teaches nothing; it merely enables us to wake up and become aware. It does not teach, it points.

The entire path is a path of self-responsibility. Nobody else can walk it for you.

When things fall apart and we're on the verge of we know not what, the test of each of us is to stay on that brink and not concretize.

As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind.

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

The only thing that we truly have control over is our attitude toward experience.

Misery ceases to exist when we stop reacting to sensations.

We need to learn to let our emotions pass through us like waves, without getting caught in their undertow.

The highest mantra is to be without deception. The highest medicine is to have few desires. The highest meditation is not to be attached.

The mind is like a wild monkey, jumping here and there. But through meditation, we learn to see whatever arises in our mind with more spaciousness and clarity.

The development of wisdom requires both study and practice, both learning and direct experience.

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

When you note pain, you should not dwell on the thought, "I feel pain." Simply recognize the presence of pain.

When you generate negativity, you are the first victim of your negativity.

The nature of mind is the unity of awareness and emptiness.

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

The nature of mind is not something we need to achieve - it's something we need to recognize.

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

Meditation is not about achieving anything. It's about letting go of everything.