Ajahn Chah

The mind of one who practises doesn't run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all. The meditator simply knows them, they don't enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.

You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them. The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.

When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.

Sati is life. Whenever we don't have sati, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead.

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

Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.

There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.

But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.