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

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

If there is no peace in the minds of individuals, how can there be peace in the world? Make peace in your own mind first.

When one experiences truth, the madness of finding fault with others disappears.

Discover real peace and harmony within yourself, and naturally this will overflow to benefit others.

The consequences of today are determined by the actions of the past. To change your future, alter your decisions today.

The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.

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

Peace and negativity cannot coexist just as light and darkness cannot coexist.

Removing old conditionings from the mind and training the mind to be more equaimous with every experience is the first step toward enabling one to experience true happiness.

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

It's harder to hate someone when they like the same ice cream as you.

Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.

A committee is a group of individuals who all put in a perfectly good color, and it comes out gray.

With rushing winds and gloomy skies The dark and stubborn Winter dies: Far-off, unseen, Spring faintly cries, Bidding her earliest child arise; March!

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is oneself.

The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees.

Like begets like; honesty begets honesty; trust, trust; and so on.

He that calls a man ungrateful sums up all the veil that a man can be guilty of.

the mind of man is capable of anything--because everything is in it, all the past as well as the future

When you say you are in love with humanity, you are well satisfied with yourself.