When concentration is developed, wisdom arises. When wisdom arises, one becomes disenchanted with the five aggregates.

Meditation is not just about sitting quietly, it's about transforming the mind.

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.

Genuine happiness comes from having developed basic human qualities, such as attention, emotional balance, and generosity.

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

The mind is like a well-forged sword - it adapts to all situations.

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

When you look deeply into your anger, you will see that the person you call your enemy is also suffering. As soon as you see that, the capacity for accepting and having compassion for them is there.

Metta (loving-kindness) becomes truly effective only when it arises from a peaceful mind, a pure mind, a balanced mind.

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

The restraint of the senses is not a matter of suppression but of wise attention to our experience.

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

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

To see directly is to be free of hope and fear. Hope and fear are like a cloud before the sun.

The rising and falling of the abdomen is not the main object. The main object is to develop mindfulness, concentration, and insight.

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

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.

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

Where is the place that your original face has not yet emerged?

Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

The quality of every moment depends on the state of our minds.

The dharma is not in the books. If you want to find the dharma, look in your mind.

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

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

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

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 way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger.

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.

The essence of all phenomena is empty and clear like space. The nature of mind is awareness-emptiness like the sun and sky.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

When we see the nature of the mind, we see that we are not our thoughts.

As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion.

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

The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.

In meditation, we are continuously discovering who and what we are.

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

Our task is not to seek for love but to find all the barriers within ourselves that we have built against it.

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

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

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.

In the moment of anger, abandon anger but not the person. In the moment of attachment, abandon attachment but not the person.

If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.

Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.

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.

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

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.

The way we look at the world is the way the world looks.

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.

Meditation is not about getting rid of thoughts; it's about changing the way we relate to them.

The most profound meditation is to think nothing at all.

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.

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

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

Do everything with a mind that lets go. Don't accept praise or gain or anything else. If you let go a little, you will have a little peace; if you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.