Forgiveness is giving up all hope for a better past.

The five aggregates are not a theoretical model but a description of lived experience to be investigated through mindfulness.

The more you understand, the more you love; the more you love, the more you understand.

Generosity generates its own enthusiasm. We don't have to force ourselves to be generous; we just need to start.

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's happening.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

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

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

The three characteristics - impermanence, suffering, and non-self - are not philosophical concepts but aspects of experience to be directly observed.

Silence is sometimes the best answer.

The mind that sees its own nature becomes free from all extremes.

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

By understanding emptiness, one understands all phenomena. Without understanding emptiness, one understands nothing.

Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you're bound to be successful. Bound to be successful.

The essence of the spiritual journey is the uncovering of what is always already present.

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.

Every step on the path must be with the understanding of anicca - impermanence. This is the essence of the teaching.

The spiritual journey is not about heaven and finally getting to a place that's really swell.

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

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

Happiness is not about getting what you want, but wanting what you've got.

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things.

Zen is a way of life, not a theory or a piece of knowledge to be stored away in our minds.

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

Change is possible because there is nothing inherently permanent about our disturbing emotions.

The practice of vipassana is the study of the self. When you study physical and mental phenomena, you are studying the truth about yourself.

The path to enlightenment is not a path at all. It is a realization that where you are is where you have always been.

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

Dependent origination is not a theory about the origin of the world but a teaching that shows how suffering originates in dependence on our own mental processes.

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

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

The water in the ocean can be rough or calm. It can be clear or murky. But the water itself doesn't mind.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

The path to liberation requires both understanding and practice, both pariyatti and patipatti.

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

The path to liberation requires both individual effort and the support of the spiritual community.

The treasure house within you contains everything, and you are free to use it. You don't need to seek outside.

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

Don't be a bodhisatta; don't be an arahant; don't be anything at all. Being something makes you suffer.

Do not mistake understanding for realization, and do not mistake realization for liberation.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who we think we should be, but about unbecoming who we are not.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

The heart of one who practices is like the earth. No matter what they throw on it, the earth remains unchanged.

In the moment of pure noting, there is no self - only the knowing and the known.

Misery ceases to exist when we stop reacting to sensations.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

When we understand that peace is not dependent on external conditions, we can find it in the midst of any circumstance.

Just to be alive is enough.

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 greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.

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

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce.

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

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

Wisdom arises when you see the true characteristics of phenomena through direct experience.

Wisdom and compassion must be developed equally and harmoniously.

Be happy at the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.