If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don't practice you're like a ladle in a soup pot. The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn't know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.

Read yourself, not books. Truth isn't outside, that's only memory, not wisdom. Memory without wisdom is like an empty thermos bottle - if you don't fill it, it's useless.

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering. Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.

Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.

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

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

If you haven't cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn't really begun.