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

You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you have time to breathe but not to meditate? Breathing is something vital to peoples lives. If you see that Dhamma practice is vital to your life, then you will feel that breathing and practising the Dhamma are equally important.

When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.

Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.

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

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.

But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.