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

The way to overcome anger is to be too busy being kind to have time to be angry.

The purpose of meditation is not to create a new state of mind, but to recognize what is already present.

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

The secret of happiness lies not in getting what we want, but in learning to want what we already have.

We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It's just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?

The goal of Buddhist practice is not to escape from the world but to transform our relationship with it.

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

True happiness is not found through the multiplication of desires but through their simplification.

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

Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.

The more you meditate, the more you understand yourself and the better friend you become to yourself.

For whom emptiness is possible, everything is possible. For whom emptiness is not possible, nothing is possible.

Sticking with uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic—this is the spiritual path.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

Mindfulness is not just bare attention but wise attention that leads to understanding and insight.

In the monastery of your body, the monk of your mind must stay in retreat.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

The best way to solve a problem is to help someone else solve their problem.

Each moment of noting is a moment of purification, a moment of cultivating the path.

When mindfulness is weak, defilements are strong; when mindfulness is strong, defilements are weak.

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

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

Those who know emptiness, know impermanence. Those who know impermanence, know non-self. Those who know non-self, know peace.

True peace is found not in the absence of experience but in the clear seeing of all experience.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.

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

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

The farther you enter into truth, the deeper it is.

The purpose of meditation is to gain right understanding of the true nature of mental and physical phenomena.

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