“In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.”

With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.

I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.

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

When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.

You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them.

Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don’t believe others, just listen to your mind. You don’t have to go anywhere else.

Holding on to anger as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn’t obey us, that means it’s only a deception.

The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All the ways of making merit are aiming at this. Goodness lies in the right view that is established in the mind.

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?

To know existence as this flow, empty of lasting pleasure, void of self, is to find that which is stable and free of suffering, to find true peace in the world.

The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight.

When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, ‘Oh, that sound’s bothering me.’ If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper,

Time is our present breath.

When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.

When we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body — it will all get conquered like this.

Wherever we start to think that things are certain, uncertainty is lurking right there. Heedlessness is just holding things as certain. It is grasping at certainty where there is no certainty and looking for truth in things that are not true. Be careful! They are likely to bite you sometime in the future!

It is better not to apply any treatment in cases of occult cancer; for if treated (by surgery), the patients die quickly; but if not treated, they hold out for a long time.

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.

Through machinery, man can exert tremendous powers almost as fantastic as if he were the hero of a fairy tale. Through machinery, man can travel with an ever increasing velocity; he can fly through the air and go beneath the surface of the ocean.

I have no shortage of material or offers, it’s just a case of what you select to do. But I think it’s realistic that my chances of playing Romeo are now over.

The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.

Sometimes I think we’re alone. Sometimes I think we’re not. In either case, the thought is staggering.

Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.

We rest our case on the production numbers.