The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable. The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed.

The problem is grasping the clock. So what do I do? Let it go, lay it aside - put it down gently without any kind of aversion. Then I can pick it up again, see what time it is and lay it aside when necessary.

Instead of becoming the world’s expert on Buddhism, just let go, let go, let go.

The goal lies away from the sensual world. It is not a rejection of the sensual world, but understanding it so well that we no longer seek it as an end in itself. We no longer expect the sensory world to satisfy us. We no longer demand that sensory consciousness be anything other than an existing condition that we can use skillfully according to time and place.

I contemplated my greed for peace. And I did not seek tranquillity anymore.

Whatever you think you are, that's not what you are.

We look directly into our suffering rather than try to become happy. The happiness that arises from this approach is reliable.