If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.

We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others. We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way. If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.

When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.

If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.

Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.