If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn't.
Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed. In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.
Sati is life. Whenever we don't have sati, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead.
Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
The heart of the path is quite easy. There's no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That's all that I do in my own practice.