“The only way to experience it is to put the teachings into practice. Once you taste it, you are no longer in any doubt about its flavour and you do not have to ask anyone else. The problem is solved.”

We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.

Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.

Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won’t regret it.

Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You’ll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy.

When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.

Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.

Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.

The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.

Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.

I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.

To observe and watch one’s own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns. Because it has not been trained and taught, it will get lost in all kinds of stories and issues.

We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.

Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to catch emotions and feelings that come, and investigate them before you react.

We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.

If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.

The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.

Our – our friends can’t trust us anymore. You know, Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them. We won’t even give them offensive weapons.

Writers have a rare power not given to anyone else: we can bore people long after we are dead.

I’ve never had anyone’s approval, so I’ve learned to live without it.

Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.

One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer than a weekend.

I’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.

The next time you try to seduce anyone, don’t do it with talk, with words.

You don’t have to deal with anyone in America. They accept you the way you are.