Because wisdom is innate, we can all enlighten ourselves.

Look within!... The secret is inside you.

A finger points at the moon, but the moon is not at the tip of the finger. Words points at the truth, but the truth is not in words.

There is no Bodhi tree, Nor stand of a mirror bright. Since all is void, Where can the dust alight

Confused by thoughts, we experience duality in life. Unencumbered by ideas, the enlightened see the one Reality.

By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind.

The truth is to be lived, not just mouthed.

The meaning of life is to see.

The complete teachings of all Buddhas - past, present, and future - are to be found within the essence of every human being.

As one lamp serves to dispel a thousand years of darkness, so one flash of wisdom destroys ten thousand years of ignorance.

Our Essence of Mind is intrinsically pure, and if we knew our mind and realized what our nature is, all of us would attain Buddhahood.

I'm starting with the man in the mirror

The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be?--it is the same the angels breathe.

Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.

One day I'll be standing at the river looking out across tomorrow, and the bridge I need to get there will be a bridge that I have burned.

Successful communication depends on how well we listen, rather than how well we push our opinions on the person seated before us.

I've just got to let my teammates know in practice, without even telling them, that I don't think I'm ahead of anybody.

The hair is the richest ornament of women.

Oh! You're the people ruining the rivers.

Many dogs will give a greeting grin much like a human smile.

My job has always been to hold a mirror up to nature.