Grasping at things can only yield one of two results: Either the thing you are grasping at disappears, or you yourself disappear. It is only a matter of which occurs first.

One learns the art of dying by learning the art of living: how to become master of the present moment.

We cannot live in the past; it is gone. Nor can we live in the future; it is forever beyond our grasp. We can live only in the present. If we are unaware of our present actions, we are condemned to repeating the mistakes of the past and can never succeed in attaining our dreams for the future.

Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you're bound to be successful. Bound to be successful.

Vipassana is the art of living. Not the art of escaping.

The only conversion involved in Vipassana is from misery to happiness, from bondage to liberation.

Love with attachment consists of waves of emotion, usually creating invisible iron chains.