The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought.

Every thought, every word, and every action leaves an imprint on our mind.

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

In the beginning, nothing comes, in the middle nothing stays, in the end nothing goes.

When we understand others, we understand ourselves. When we love others, we love ourselves.

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

Love is not a feeling. It's a capability.

Kindness is the solution to all of life's problems.

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

What we learn about the world is colored by the way we approach it.

Enlightenment is not about becoming something special, but about realizing what we already are.

The contradiction so puzzling to the ordinary way of thinking comes from the fact that we have to use language to communicate our inner experience, which in its very nature transcends linguistics.

When the heart is still, it can be kind. When the mind is still, it can see clearly.

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

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

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.

My father is the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra. My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantabhadri. I belong to the caste of non-duality of these two.

A pure mind is always full of love - real love for all others.

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.

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

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

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

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

The force of the kindness of others is so strong, we can't possibly measure it.

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

Mindfulness is being aware of what's going on, not trying to control what's going on.

The path is the goal. Every step of the journey is the journey.

Right practice is steady practice. Whether you feel lazy or diligent, just keep practicing.

The Dhamma unfolds in accordance with a definite sequence: faith, virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, and insight.

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

Our true nature is like a diamond - pure, brilliant, and indestructible. No matter how much dirt covers it, its essential nature remains unchanged.

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

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. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

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

Neither from itself nor from another, nor from both, nor without a cause, does anything whatever, anywhere arise.

Vipassana is the art of living. Not the art of escaping.

Since all things are empty of inherent existence, anything is possible. If things had inherent existence, nothing would be possible.

The practice of meditation is not about achieving states of bliss but about seeing things as they really are.

When mindfulness and concentration are strong, insight into the three characteristics naturally unfolds.

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

The everyday practice is simply to develop complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions.

Don't try to push away the darkness. Just light a lamp. The darkness will disappear by itself.

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

Real happiness lies within. It cannot be found in external objects or achievements.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

True freedom is a freedom from the tyranny of our own thoughts and afflictive emotions.

Misery ceases to exist when we stop reacting to sensations.

The goal of the Buddhist path is not to add something to our existence but to discover something that has been there all along.

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.

When you note pain, you are not trying to make it go away. You are trying to understand its true nature.

Self-awareness is the key to freedom. The more we understand ourselves, the more we understand how to be free.

Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive anyway.

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

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

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay.

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.

When mindfulness becomes continuous, the distinction between the observer and the observed begins to break down.