Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.
If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.
Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
But deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it’s the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
Your mind is nirvana.
But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something – always, in a word, seeking.
The essence of the Way is detachment.
Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
If you use your mind to study reality, you won’t understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you’ll understand both.
Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
To have a body is to suffer.
As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
People who don’t see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.
The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
Words are illusions.
To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
All phenomena are empty.
Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn’t exist.
Your nature is the Buddha.
To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn’t apparent because it’s shrouded by sensation and delusion.
Whoever realizes that the six senses aren’t real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas.
Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
The world is but a canvas to the imagination.
If you’re in a bad situation, don’t worry it’ll change. If you’re in a good situation, don’t worry it’ll change.
To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have.
Great talent finds happiness in execution.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
To be thoughtful and kind only takes a few seconds compared to the timeless hurt caused by one rude gesture.
On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows.
The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.
Change your words. Change your world.
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
Those who will play with cats must expect to be scratched.
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement.
If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding about ourselves.
Most smiles are started by another smile.
The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
Fortune favours the brave.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
Only do what your heart tells you.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.
No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today.
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have.
Knowledge has three degrees opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition.
Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.
In order to win, you must expect to win.
Don’t miss all the beautiful colors of the rainbow looking for that pot of gold.
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
The key to transforming our hearts and minds is to have an understanding of how our thoughts and emotions work.
It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don’t say it.
In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
Wisdom begins in wonder.
Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.
No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more that pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.
Smile, breathe, and go slowly.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
It isn’t where you come from, it’s where you’re going that counts.
The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
Whenever you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
We must overcome the notion that we must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.
People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.
Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyse you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.
The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
Don’t be pushed by your problems; be led by your dreams.
A thing well said will be wit in all languages.
The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.
Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.
It is only when the mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen.
It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little do what you can.
Everyone smiles in the same language.
Were here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.
Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
Peace begins with a smile.
Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
Some people think it’s holding that makes one strong sometimes it’s letting go.
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.
Error is discipline through which we advance.
Whatever happens, take responsibility.
Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.
The real measure of your wealth is how much youd be worth if you lost all your money.
Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
Begin at once to live and count each separate day as a separate life.
Fortune favours the brave.
Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing. It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift.
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.
He can who thinks he can, and he can’t who thinks he can’t. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.
The time you think you’re missing, misses you too.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.
One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that ones life has meaning, that one is needed in this world.
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.
There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; theres only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has.
Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.