Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind.

Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it.

How does one stay mindful? Where feelings are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Thoughts are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Perceptions are known they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. This is how a monk stays awake.

If a viper lives in your room and you wish to have a peaceful sleep, you must first chase it out.

Don't just do something, be there.

In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not been practising meditation.

As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.